Silent Struggle: A New Theory of Pregnancy - New York Times

Silent Struggle: A New Theory of Pregnancy - New York Times: "In the 1970's, Dr. Trivers argued that families create an evolutionary conflict. Natural selection should favor parents who can successfully raise the most offspring. For that strategy to work, they can't put too many resources into any one child. But the child's chances for reproductive success will increase as its care and feeding increase. Theoretically, Dr. Trivers argued, natural selection could favor genes that help children get more resources from their parents than the parents want to give."

The Belief Trap - The evolutionary explanation of religion gets stuck. By Judith Shulevitz

The Belief Trap - The evolutionary explanation of religion gets stuck. By Judith Shulevitz: "On the face of it, there's no reason not to dissect religion with the same tools used to pick apart animal behavior. Why can't we ask how religion evolved? What's wrong with trying to figure out whether cleaving unto God enhanced our ancestors' chances of survival, or whether, on the contrary, religious belief occupied them like a parasite, sickening healthy minds with delusional notions?"