Darwinian happiness

2. An evolutionary approach to quality of life
Bjørn Grinde is a biologist working in the fields of genetics and evolution, with a particular interest in human evolution. Presently he works as a chief scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and as a professor at the University of Oslo.

His presentation answered question like “Was life really better in the stone age” and stated that we live in a human zoo, and that society is our cage.

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