Category Archives: Biology

How criminologists who study biology are shunned by their field

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Luke Ford

ESSAY: I am a criminologist by training, which means that I make my living trying to better understand the causes of criminal behavior. My research specialty in particular is something my colleagues and I call biosocial criminology. What is that, … Continue reading →

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“In Ways Unacademical”: The Reception of Carleton S. Coon’s The Origin of Races

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Luke Ford

Abstract. This paper examines the controversy surrounding anthropologist Carleton S. Coon’s 1962 book, The Origin of Races. Coon maintained that the human sspecies was divided into five races before it had evolved into Homo sapiens and that the races evolved … Continue reading →

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Nature & Nurture

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Luke Ford

From comments to John Derbyshire: * Statistically speaking, if I am recalling correctly, differences in our personality and behavioral traits appear to be explained roughly one half genetically (i.e., our individual DNA profiles at conception), one quarter congenitally (i.e., our … Continue reading →

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Why Whites Are Intimidated By Blacks?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Luke Ford

Philosopher Michael Levin says in 1994: “Why are whites acting the way they are? Why have they handed over the world they created to a group whose only contribution to debate is anger and accusation? I believe the answers may … Continue reading →

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Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Luke Ford

On Oct. 23, 2013, Dennis Prager said to his guest, John Alford, associate professor of political science at Rice University, is one of three authors of this new book, Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences: “Isn’t that … Continue reading →

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