r/evopsych

2.6K archived posts · Feb 2009 – Sep 2026

Evolutionary Psychology / Sociobiology

r/evopsych

A subreddit for individuals who appreciate evolutionary explanations for human behavior, emotion, memory, and perception. This includes altruism, prisoner dilemmas, heuristics, and material inspired by Steven Pinker, John Alcock, Randal Nesse, and Robert Trivers.

Created Feb 2, 2009

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Evolutionary Psychology

A subreddit for individuals who appreciate evolutionary explanations for human behavior, emotion, memory, and perception. This includes altruism, prisoner dilemmas, heuristics, and material inspired by Steven Pinker, John Alcock, Randolph Nesse, and Robert Trivers.

Critical commentary is strongly encouraged.

Rules:

Civility: be polite, treat others with respect
No "soap-boxing," e.g. low-effort, agenda-driven posts (including TRP)
Do your own homework. If you are going to ask a question, please show that you at least attempted to research the answer from scholarly sources.
Supplying sources for big claims is preferable if you want a high quality debate.

EP Links

Youtube playlist with good EP videos
[EP booklist on Goodreads] (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/43820.Evolutionary_Psychology "Not a perfect list in any way but still filled with good books.")
EP Facebook group
This View of Life - online magazine
Psychtable - mechanisms of the mind

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