Reblogged from Why Evolution Is True:
Here is the third and last "unanswered question about evolutionary biology" that I discussed in a short BBC Focus essay. (#1 is here and #2 here). I'm putting this up because the second and third questions appear only in the print version.
How much of our behavior reflects our evolutionary past? What does it mean to be human? Part of the answer involves knowing which of our behaviors were instilled in our ancestors by natural selection.