In the history of European cultures, the comparison of humans to apes and monkeys was disparaging from its very beginning. When Plato – by quoting Heraclitus – declared apes ugly in relation to humans ...

Not too long ago, on a cold winter night, somewhere in America, there was a tween who wanted more screen time and a parent who said no. The tween in question was advocating vociferously for her right ...

We humans are comparison creatures. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people. This attribute may have evolved as a means of helping us fit into the social hierarchy of the cultures ...