Insularity can be a good thing, for creatures and cultures alike
The plight of threatened species can help us understand – and respond to – the endangerment of local ideas and practices
by Antone Martinho-Truswell
Antone Martinho-Truswell is an evolutionary biologist, author, and member of the Sydney Policy Lab and the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He writes on human culture and society, evolution and behaviour at his Substack, The Village Green, and is the author of The Parrot in the Mirror: How Evolving to Be Like Birds Made Us Human (2022). He lives in Sydney, Australia.
