Steve Stewart-Williams
@stevestuwill.bsky.social
Psychology, evolution, science. Author of "A Billion Years of Sex Differences" (2026), "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018), and "Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life" (2010). https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com/
Nice - I didn't realize this had even been accepted for publication! An interview with me in Skeptic magazine: "We Can't Just Lie About Sex Differences." www.skeptic.com/article/is-e...
We Can’t Just Lie About Sex Differences
Steve Stewart-Williams addresses misconceptions about evolutionary psychology, refutes charges of pseudoscience, and discusses the political and ethical risks of denying biological sex differences, ad...
skeptic.com
New review of A Billion Years of Sex Differences just dropped! “Measured, timely, and informative… essential reading.” -Jerry Coyne www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/a-billion-...
The evidence for innate sex differences has been accumulating for decades. Steve Stewart-Williams's new book is a welcome inventory.
Sex Differences Above the Neck
The evidence for innate sex differences has been accumulating for decades. Steve Stewart-Williams's new book is a welcome inventory.
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A Billion Years of Sex Differences: The Story So Far ...plus a new review in Quillette and my latest podcast appearance www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/a-billion-...
A Billion Years of Sex Differences: The Story So Far
...plus a new review in Quillette and my appearance on the Michael Sartain Podcast
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"[T]his is an important book. In A Billion Years of Sex Differences, Stewart-Williams is making a more profound argument: magnifying or minimising sex differences doesn’t just ignore science, it leads to harm." www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/ignoring-s...
We Can't Just Lie About Sex Differences My interview with Skeptiker magazine [No paywall] www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/we-cant-ju...
“It’s ironic that, in an age where we rightly celebrate differences and diversity, we often get outraged when anyone points any out. Not exactly tolerance of diversity!” An excerpt from my recent op-ed in The Independent. www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/why-we-can...
Nice - A Billion Years of Sex Differences made the New Zealand Listener's list of the best books of 2026 so far! www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Winter books special: The best books of 2026 so far - and the gems still to come
Books editor Mark Broatch and Listener reviewers on 100 must-read titles.
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Some behind-the-scenes photos from the Modern Wisdom roundtable I took part in while I was in Austin. Out soon!
Some photos from my recent appearance on the Modern Wisdom podcast with Chris Williamson. We had a great conversation about my book A Billion Years of Sex Differences, evolutionary psychology, and why discussions of sex differences are still controversial. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=roXX...
Heh, this may be one of my all-time favorite take-downs of the IAT... 😸🔪"widespread metaphoric alignments between darkness and evil contaminate scores on Black-White race IATs... the race IAT may tend to deceive rather than illuminate... metaphors of dark and light have existed for millenia"
A downside of conceptual metaphor: metaphoric alignments of black and white - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Conceptual metaphor theory supposes that metaphor underlies much of human understanding. The implicit association test (IAT) has recently been used to quantify metaphoric alignments, like black and wh...
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My How To Academy interview with the evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams goes live at 1800 this evening. Please tune in! howtoacademy.com/events/how-e...
18th June | How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women
How do men and women differ? Where do these differences come from? And how do they shape modern life? Evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams tells us more.
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📢 Dr Steve Stewart-Williams says women have always worked throughout history.
‘Trad wives’ are a myth as women have always worked, expert says
nzherald.co.nz
neat and useful book about such things => www.centreformalepsychology.com/male-psychol... Review of the book ‘A Billion Years of Sex Differences’, by Steve Stewart-Williams Evolution Book review 2026 Jun 4 Written By John Barry
After a billion years of sex differences, let people just be themselves. Review of the book ‘A Billion Years of Sex Differences’, by Steve Stewart-Williams — The Centre for Male Psychology
…people – men and women alike – respond less positively to male-favouring sex differences than they do to female-favouring sex differences.
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Soll sich #Wissenschaft zensieren, wenn ihre Ergebnisse nicht dem #Zeitgeist entsprechen? 🔭🚫 "Wir können darüber nicht einfach lügen", sagt Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams, Professor für #Psychologie an der University of Nottingham Malaysia. Es gelte, Wahrheit verantwortungsvoll zu kommunizieren. 1/2
A Billion Years of Sex Differences by Steve Stewart-Williams review – what we get wrong about men and women A psychologist wades into controversial territory in this counterintuitive study of nature, nurture and gender According to the evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams, almost...
A Billion Years of Sex Differences by Steve Stewart-Williams review – what we get wrong about men and women
A psychologist wades into controversial territory in this counterintuitive study of nature, nurture and gender
theguardian.com
Our interview with Prof. @stevestuwill.bsky.social is also available in English: • what evolutionary #psychology actually claims • how it can deepen our understanding of human nature • how #skeptics should respond when #science becomes politically unwelcome 📰 www.gwup.org/skeptiker-ar...
Reading @stevestuwill.bsky.social and it seems quite moderate to me (but ofc I am not exactly the average reader). Really many sociologists/socio-cultural anthropologists would disagree? I would think a small percentage...
A century of evidence tells us men and women are different – let’s stop pretending they’re the same A piece I wrote for The Independent discussing my new book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences www.independent.co.uk/life-style/m...
What are sex differences, and why do they matter? Learn about that in my interview with Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams (@stevestuwill.bsky.social) about his great new book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences. #Psychology #Science Full interview: youtu.be/_-_-qdDjyVw
What is the best approach to deal socially with sex differences? Learn about that in my interview with Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams (@stevestuwill.bsky.social) about his new book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences. #Psychology #Science Full interview: youtu.be/_-_-qdDjyVw
#1264 Steve Stewart-Williams: A Billion Years of Sex Differences
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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New episode (1264), with Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams (@stevestuwill.bsky.social). We talk about his new book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences. #evolutionarypsychology #Psychology #Science YouTube: youtu.be/_-_-qdDjyVw Podcast: bit.ly/4az1X0k
#1264 Steve Stewart-Williams: A Billion Years of Sex Differences
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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BTW, there's a musical Easter egg in Chapter 1. Can anyone spot it?
Steve Stewart-Williams@stevestuwill.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy new book, A BILLION YEARS OF SEX DIFFERENCES, is out today! It's about the evolution of human sex differences and why they matter. It's available in hardback www.swiftpress.com/book/a-billi... ...and audiobook www.audible.co.uk/pd/A-Billion... Check out some early reactions to the book below!
My new book, A BILLION YEARS OF SEX DIFFERENCES, is out today! It's about the evolution of human sex differences and why they matter. It's available in hardback www.swiftpress.com/book/a-billi... ...and audiobook www.audible.co.uk/pd/A-Billion... Check out some early reactions to the book below!
An Evolutionary Enigma Same-sex sexual orientation is biological but largely non-genetic www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/an-evoluti...
An Evolutionary Enigma
Same-sex sexual orientation is biological but largely non-genetic
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This stag beetle is a bilateral gynandromorph: The left half of its body is male; the right half is female. I explore bilateral gynandromorphism in my new book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences - out tomorrow! swiftpress.com/book/a-billi...
Keeping It Casual, Part 2 The nature and nurture of sex differences in sexual psychology www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/keeping-it...
Keeping It Casual, Part 2
The nature and nurture of sex differences in sexual psychology
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Join me for champagne, cake, and philosophy at the How the Light Gets In festival in Hay-on-Wye. Starts at 3:30pm on May 23rd. I'll be discussing my forthcoming book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences. howthelightgetsin.org/events/champ... @howthelightgetsin2.bsky.social
My next book, A BILLION YEARS OF SEX DIFFERENCES, is now at the printer! It tackles one of the most controversial questions in science: how and why men and women differ. Here's the final cover and some early reactions. You can preorder it here: swiftpress.com/book/a-billi...
