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Evolution, Morality, Sustainability

A collection of lesson materials to explore the nature of human morality in the light of evolution and sustainability

What Kind of Mind?

‘What Kind of Mind?’ provides teaching resources to introduce pupils to research ideas about animal minds.

NetLogo: Island World

This model simulates the evolution of populations in an environment that is spatially structured. In such a situation, several evolutionary mechanisms operate, including migration,

Seeley, T. D., Visscher, P. K., & Passino, K. M. (2006). Group decision making in honey bee swarms. American Scientist, 94(3), 220–229. http://doi.org/10.1511/2006.59.993

When 10,000 bees go house hunting, how do they cooperatively choose their new nesting site?

Wilson, D. S., Ostrom, E., & Cox, M. E. (2013). Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 90, S21–S32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.010

NetLogo: Evolution of resource use and social behavior (monitoring and punishment)

This model lets us explore how the appearance of certain social behaviors can affect evolutionary population dynamics.

Wenseleers, T., Hart, A. G., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2004). When Resistance Is Useless: Policing and the Evolution of Reproductive Acquiescence in Insect Societies. The American Naturalist, 164(6), E154–E167. https://doi.org/10.1086/425223

Ratnieks, F. L. W., Foster, K. R., & Wenseleers, T. (2006). Conflict Resolution in Insect Societies. Annual Review of Entomology, 51(1), 581–608. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151003

Ratnieks, F. L. W., & Wenseleers, T. (2005). Policing insect societies. Science, 307(5706), 54–56. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1106934

Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute

Exploring the origins, nature, and future of intelligences

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