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Wolf Children and the Bifold Mind
An extract from "The Myth of Irrationality", a book by John McCrone. Discusses language acquisition in several cases of feral children, and has a bibliography.
http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/webtwo_features_feral_kids.htm
Feral Children - Isolated, Confined, Wild and Wolf Children
A comprehensive resource including stories of around 100 feral children, many with pictures; book extracts and reviews, academic articles and essays; and lists of books and other resources.
http://www.feralchildren.com
BBC - H2G2 - Feral Children
An introductory article with brief overviews of four famous cases.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A269840/
Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children
An introduction to the subject, taken and edited from the book of the same title by Michael Newton.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,635802,00.html
Chilean 'Dog Boy'
Article about 10-year-old Chilean boy who lived with stray dogs for two years.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/06/20/story/0000090750
Russian Dog Boy
Article about Ivan Mishukov, a 6-year-old Russian boy who lived with stray dogs.
http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/july1998/ivan-j23.shtml
Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children
A lesson about feral children written for children, including a list of films about real and fictional cases.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moviesfc.html
Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence: Feral Children
A brief article citing several famous cases and the controversies about human nature to which they are relevant.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2602/0002/2602000247/p1/article.jhtml
Romania's Wild Boy
A news story describing the case of Traian Caldarar, a Romanian boy who lived in the wild for three years.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/nwild.htm
Kenyan Boy Adopted by Chimps
News article about a boy aged 2 found in 1996, believed to have been brought up by chimps since he was six months old.
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4136216%255E1702,00.html
Wild Things: Fortean Times Article
An excellent general article featuring a large number of cases of feral children. A good bibliography.
http://217.206.205.129/articles/161_feralkids.shtml
From Monkey Boy to Choir Boy
An article about John Ssebunya, an orphan boy apparently reared by apes in the African jungle who was brought to Britain in 1999.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/466616.stm
Studies of Feral Children
Douglas Candland, author of "Feral Children and Clever Animals", presents discussions of four famous cases and draws conclusions about language acquisition.
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/chimp/langac/LECTURE4/4feral.htm
Feral Children - Raised By Animals
A brief article that touches on some of the controversy surrounding cases of feral children.
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/articleferalchildren.shtml
Feral Children - Wikipedia
The online encyclopedia's entry on feral children, containing a brief description of feral children, a list of several well-known cases, and links to articles about some of the children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_children
Taming the Monkey Boy
An article about John Ssebunya that appeared in the Scotsman. The author interviews those directly involved in John's discovery and rehabilitation.
http://www.lifestyle.scotsman.com/families/headlines_specific.cfm?articleid=516
Feral Children in Legend, Literature -- and Life - Trivia Quiz
A fun trivia quiz that tests knowledge of mythology, literature, history, current events and zoology.
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=68107
Thai Boy Raised by Dog Dies in Welfare Centre.
A two-year-old Thai boy who was partially raised by a dog was found dead at a welfare centre where he had been taken for protection.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1085842.htm
Mysterious People
A site with reasonably detailed accounts of a few feral children.
http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/
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