1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology

Why HN readers recommended it

One of the most consistently recommended lecture series on HN, praised as fascinating, funny and eye-opening about human behavior across many scales.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Stanford

Topic

behavioral biology

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

15

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2012–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• That's well known if you ever took evolutionary biology course, or game theory course. Even popular books like Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene" talk in some detail about it, and this 25 hour video course is also a must see for pretty much everyone: [VIDEO]

• BTW, you should watch his lecture series on the biology of behaviour: [VIDEO] For me one of the best teachers you will find online

• Robert Sapolsky`s lectures on human behavioral biology. Fascinating, funny and gives insights into many different topics like cultural differences and nationalism. [VIDEO]