Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.

Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be.

What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing.

The frontal cortex is an incredibly interesting part of the brain - ours is proportionately bigger and/or more complex than in any other species.

I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla.

Until you appreciate something crucial - It is incredibly easy to manipulate us as to who counts as an Us, who as a Them.