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Kevin Binz
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Kevin Binz writes Fewer Lacunae, a personal blog at kevinbinz.com about science and math. Since 2019, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on domestication and the neural crest hypothesis for reduced aggression in domesticated animals. One commenter called it a nice synthesis of theories on the topic.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
https://kevinbinz.com/2019/02/17/domestication/ - nice synthesis of theories in this direction.
Comment linking /2019/02/17/domestication/
on “Ancient human ancestors carved handaxe from a hippo femur 1.4M years ago: study”Submitted Markov Chains as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://kevinbinz.com/2019/02/17/domestication/ - this article points out the "mild neurocristopathy hypothesis" to explain gradual removal of aggression during domestication. "domestication syndrome is a byproduct of changes to the NCC migration pattern" in the development of the neural crest. In this scenario, Seratonin inhibits the Negative Valence System, in turn giving domesticated hominids a longer window of t…
Comment linking /2019/02/17/domestication/
on “Anthropologist Richard Wrangham on the emergence of homo sapiens”Submitted The Evolution of Senescence (2022) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion