The Evo-Stress Blog

For decades, we’ve told ourselves that science is objective, apolitical, and self-correcting. We’ve prized “evidence-based” approaches as the gold standard in medicine, education, and public policy. But what if the problem isn’t the lack of… Read more

“Pathology is still real—but it doesn’t always mean broken. It can also mean overloaded, misaligned, or stuck in a feedback loop.” Pathology can also mean adaptation under strain. This article introduces a complexity-informed framework for… Read more

The dominant narrative in evolutionary biology is that life evolves through the pressures of survival and reproduction, a paradigm rooted in Darwin’s theories of natural selection. This narrative holds that organisms compete for resources, with… Read more

In the realm of evolutionary theory and neurodiversity, the concept of complexity evolution represents a paradigm shift from the traditional framework of selective evolution. Unlike selective evolution, which primarily focuses on the survival and reproduction… Read more

The Evolutionary Stress Framework (ESF) fundamentally shifts the way we view and understand various conditions, including depression, burnout, anxiety, bipolar disorder, heart disease, and many others. The ESF positions these not as distinct, standalone conditions,… Read more