Archive - Peter Frost’s Newsletter

Malcolm Gladwell and the birth of a "fact"

Are biracial children with White mothers smarter than those with Black mothers?

Jun 19 •

A mother/fetus mismatch?

When the womb and the fetus have different plans ...

Jun 5 •

April 2025

Was Franz Boas a race realist?

A revisionist look

Apr 23 •

Reply to Philippe Lemoine

Are we condemned to believe in the magic of "culture" and "assimilation"?

Apr 15 •

Why bloodlust used to be normal

... and how it became abnormal.

Apr 9 •

Emotional responses to the differing skin tones of men and women

Skin color was gendered before it was racialized

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Cognitive evolution in eastern Eurasia

A steady rise and then stagnation

Mar 25 •

Adieu Bernard (1936-2025)

Bernard Saladin d’Anglure, 2014, Livre 1.

Mar 12 •

February 2025

Adapting to an environment of their making

The last 30,000 years of cognitive evolution in Europe

Feb 25 •

January 2025

Reply to Steven Pinker

Human progress isn't just a matter of reason, institution building, or moral commitment

Jan 9 •

Reply to Elon and Sriram

No, there are not millions of geniuses clamoring to come to the U.S.

Jan 2 •

December 2024

The Visual Word Form Area – a brain region that coevolved with reading and writing

A case of recent human evolution

Dec 16, 2024 •

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