Sociology
How a Virus Exposed the Myth of Rugged Individualism
Humans evolved to be interdependent, not self-sufficient
Robin G. Nelson is a biological anthropologist at ArizonaState University. She studies human sociality and health outcomes through the lens of evolutionary theory.
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