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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week:
Did language emerge from the neural systems supporting aimed throwing? The argument, explained by Andrew Wilson, is more reasonable than you might expect.
Sex, Lies and... Spider Silk? At The Scorpion and the Frog, blogger Miss Behavior discusses the nursery web spider’s guide to love and sex.
Here's an easy way to modify your messy roommate's behavior: make the place smell like citrus. At BPS Research Digest, find out why: Passengers litter less on carriages that smell of cleaning product.