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Madeleine BeekmanIf you are interested in evolution, then this is the place for you.
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The power of the pen
These days it is so easy to find information. Choose your preferred internet browser or large language model (LLM) and type in your search terms or questions. And voila, the information arrives quickly on your screen. No human can beat our...
How language rewires the brain
I recently got talking with a mother whose daughter did not speak for the first two years of her life. Thinking that the little girl had some developmental problems, the parents were resigned to the idea that their daughter would never grow...
Why humans are more efficient when foraging in the rainforest than chimpanzees
We use language every day, for a range of reasons. Mostly those reasons no longer seem to have a clear survival advantage, at least not in modern societies. Obvious exceptions are shouting out if someone appears to be in danger of being run...
Why sex matters
If you need a plumber, it is a safe bet that the person who shows up is male. As far as I know, no-one seems to take issue with bias towards male plumbers. Same for electricians, builders, brick-layers. If you have young children, you most...
On language. Or: why Wallace didn’t get everything right
Yes, humans are unique in that we are the only species with a communication system as complex as language, but does that mean we cannot explain where language came from?
Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-discovered of evolution by natural sele...
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Madeleine Beekman, Professor Emeritus, Evolutionary Biology and Behavioural Ecology. Author of The Origin of Language – How We Learned to Speak and Why, Simon & Schuster 2025.
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