Why is it that only human beings continuously perform acts of heroism? Looking back at our evolutionary history can offer us some potentially useful insight. This review highlights some of the major steps in our evolution-more specifically, the evolution of high blood pressure. When we were fish, the first kidney was developed to create a standardized internal 'milieu' preserving the primordial...

Although evidence suggests that altruistic behavior can act as a mating signal, little research has explored the role of heroism in mate choice. Previous focused on women only, ignoring male Here we extended and replicated previous human Participants (N = 276) rated how desirable targets were for short-term long-term relationship, which varied heroism. The findings showed men reported higher de...

Frank McGuinness’ Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards Somme (1985) presents struggle eight Ulstermen, Unionists and Protestants, at Battle in 1916 during First World War. The aim this paper is to demonstrate that McGuinness, an Irish nationalist, makes audience/reader see issues war heroism from Unionist perspective. Ulstermen who enlist military support Britain honour both Ireland aban...

This article examines the exceptional role Corneille gives to the dimensions of time and space in Sertorius, one of the playwright’s later tragedies. In contrast to Corneille’s general dramatic practice, in which the two dimensions are relatively neglected, here they are foregrounded and serve as a framework for Sertorius’s tragedy. His relationship to time—he is essentially a man of the past t...