Folks have you seen the trailer for HUMAN?! Starting BBC 2 Monday 14th 9pm (US PBS sep 17th). The most extraordinary story of all is ours.

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi takes us behind the scenes of BBC's Human to talk about the show's memorable moments, including the Jebel Irhoud archeological site in Morocco and a cave in Botswana holding evidence of complex rituals revealing early Homo sapiens culture.⁠

The Poetry of Reality: In an on-stage conversation at the Royal Institution last month, Richard Dawkins and I explored the frontiers of science, language, morality, AI, evolution, & the future of human civilization. Video here. youtu.be/qFZ8_Ide-aA?si… via YouTube

Trying to figure out how future technologies will reshape behaviour and society is tough, but indispensable. In a new nature paper w/ Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان & JF Bonnefon, we describe an experimental approach we call "the science fiction science method” (sci-fi-sci) nature.com/articles/s4158…

This week, Michael Gurven discusses the evolution of human longevity (and he has a new book out today)! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evo… podbean.com/eas/pb-jrgtk-1… youtu.be/HiAI9iBHCOc?si…

Just released today! SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Now available at your favorite bookseller. Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can. Please help spread the word! #sevendecades

My new book: The Great Holocene Transformation: What Complexity Science Tells Us about the Evolution of Complex Societies api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…

"Birds are dinosaurs: the only group of dinosaurs that survived the mass extinction 65 million years ago. So, the next time you see a pigeon strutting down the road or a seagull flying past your window, remember: You’re literally looking at a modern-day dinosaur." [Link below.]

HUMAN is available in the US on PBS platforms but also on YouTube at NOVA Episode 1 ORIGINS: m.youtube.com/watch?v=qjH71h… Episode 2 JOURNEYS: m.youtube.com/watch?v=eOwzSo…

In 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall’s early fieldwork observing chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), unveiled groundbreaking research of shared behaviors between humans and apes. The Jane Goodall Institute announced on October 1, 2025, that Jane Goodall

My obituary for one of my childhood (and adulthood) heroes, Jane Goodall. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ri…

“Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom.” -Jane Goodall For more great Goodall quotes, check out the link below.

War is as old as humankind, but Peace Is a Modern Invention | Essential commentary by Scott Atran on the “Department of War” | psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-god…

Morbidly Curious releases tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who supported this project, from blurbers and early readers to followers who pre-ordered the book.

Is this the last invention? Andy Mills and Matthew Boll of Longview tell the story of "the debate of all debates” - how serious is the threat from artificial intelligence? readtangle.com/the-last-inven…

Out now: press.stripe.com/origins-of-eff… 200 years on from the Industrial Revolution, we still struggle to understand what makes a production process more efficient. The Origins of Efficiency fills in that gap. Examining industries from steel to semiconductors to auto manufacturing,

Really recommend latest podcast with Serhii Plokhy on his new book The Nuclear Age. We discuss return of nuclear blackmail in the Ukraine war and the risks of a new nuclear arms race. Plus fascinating history on, among others, how the U.K. got the bomb on.ft.com/47mldf8

I started a Substack called Not For Peer Review. I’ve filled my notebooks with ideas, many of which have inspired my articles and books. But there are many ideas that I haven’t published, and I know I will never publish through the traditional peer review system.

I talked to Human Energy about the topics I’ll be discussing this evening during the Global Salon Series panel. Check out the link to join the conversation that starts at 7 pm pst! youtube.com/live/73om6PwBZ…

From the makers of the popular AlphaGo documentary, The Thinking Game gives a much broader picture of the story of DeepMind and our mission to build AGI, drawing on interviews with myself and others going back many years. You can now freely watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8y…