Why is natural selection hard to grasp? It is not what you think….

This study of students in a course on evolutionary medicine taught on two separate occasions, found that acceptance is not the problem; human cognitive tendencies interfere more with deep understanding of how natural selection works.  Barnes, M. E., Evans, E. M., Hazel, A., Brownell, S. E., & Nesse, R. M. (2017). Teleological reasoning, not acceptance […]

from The Evolution and Medicine Review http://ift.tt/2z84An2