The Complex Narratives Behind Evolutionary Adaptations

The past is invisible - how are we supposed to know the truth behind our evolutionary history? In this episode, Adam Hunt discusses the complexity of the reality behind our evolution, and the limits of science in telling these stories. Dr Adam Hunt is a postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge. He received his PhD in evolutionary biology and philosophy from the University of Zurich in March of 2024, for his dissertation entitled 'Evolving Evolutionary Psychiatry and Explaining Neurodiversity'. He has been researching evolutionary psychiatry for eight years, since completing a Masters in philosophy of science at the University of Bristol. He is on the executive committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrist's evolutionary psychiatry special interest group and the council of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health.