What David Geary has said about Paternal investment
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 5, 2026
David Geary, Evolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at the University of Missouri, has been quoted on Paternal investment once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on November 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Geary says that, with Mark Flinn, he argued 25 years ago that australopithecines lived in gorilla-like single-male harems, the germ of human paternal investment.
“So Mark Flynn and I argued 25 years ago now that our Australopithecine ancestors were more like gorillas”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 40:50
Episodes
How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172Modern Wisdom · Nov 5, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Evolutionary psychologist David Geary tells Chris Williamson how male coalitional warfare, status competition, and technology shaped human brain evolution and modern behavior.
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