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The Descent of Man
Covers the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's four-part radio series on neo-Darwinism.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/descent/

Yahoo Groups : Evolutionary-psychology
Discussion group and archive.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evolutionary-psychology/

The Evolutionary Psychology FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions about evolutionary psychology.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/evpsychfaq.html

Physiological Psychology
Support material for courses taught by Dr Paul Kenyon at University of Plymouth, Devon, UK.
http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year1/bbb.htm#BBBlecture support

Koen DePryck
Links to publications on evolutionary advantages of learning disabilities and other items.
http://www.KDPgroup.com/

Human Culture, Human Mind
A discussion about the minds of innovators and whether technological advances are a mixed blessing featuring Howard Gardner and Robert Ornstein.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Dec/hour2_121595.html

Origins of Language
When did we first start talking and how did language evolve over the millenniums into the diverse form of communication it is today? An audio debate.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Sep/hour2_090895.html

Stress and Disease
Audio discussion with Robert Sapolsky on the biology of stress.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Dec/hour1_122295.html

Evolutionary Psychology Primer by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby
An invaluable primer written by two of the founders of the field.
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/primer.html

Psychology, Culture, and Evolution
Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics, links to cultural-historical psychology, and links to articles about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality.
http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/

Jack Parsons Home Page
Comprehensive coverage of the scholarly work of the writer, lecturer, & consultant on population, development, & related social, political, & ethical problems.
http://jackparsons.members.beeb.net/

The Foundation for Humanity's Adulthood - FHA
Biological explanation of human nature, specifically biological exploration of the human condition, humans' capacity for good and evil.
http://www.fha.asn.au/

Human Genome Project
Where does the push to sequence the human genome stand, and what's the outlook for the near future? And what will knowing the genome be able to tell us? A genetics update on this hour of Science Friday.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jun/hour1_060900.html

Human Origins Update
The recent discovery of 10,000-year-old rock paintings in a Brazilian cave has led scientists to question how early humans populated the Americas and what they did for a living. A discussion with Anna Roosevelt and Richard Klein.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/May/hour1_051096.html

Evolution's Voyage
Evolutionary Psychology For The Common Person. Includes articles, book reviews and reading lists.
http://www.evoyage.com/

The Genetics of Complex Traits
Science Friday discussion on the genetics of complex traits.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/Feb/hour2_021497.html

Flight from Science and Reason
Paul Gross and colleagues take issue with what they see as a trend toward irrationalism in in science and academia.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Jul/hour2_072895.html

The Role of the Skeptic
A discussion including Eugenie Scott.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/Jun/hour2_062196.html

Film Archive of Human Ethology
Videos and photography of people comparing different cultures.
http://erl.ornithol.mpg.de/~fshuman/EngHomep/eindex.html

Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses
Replicators are the fundamental units of any process of natural selection. They were first defined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins as any entities of which copies are made. The concept of replicators has diverse applications in a variety of areas, including biology, sociology, linguistics, and philosophy.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004367/home.shtml

Evolutionary Psychology: An Emerging Integrative Perspective within the Science and Practice of Psychology
A article on the theory and implications of this theory by Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/ep.html

Managing the Tribe
An evolutionary perspective on mental illness, discussing depression and other disorders as part of the human design.
http://www.naturesafari.com/tribe.htm

Mindship
Video interviews with Chris Frith, Karl Grammer, John Casti and many others.
http://www.tvropa.com/TVropa1.2/science/mindship_menu.asp?CatName=&PageID=1&From=1910

Paul Ehrlich: Human Natures
How much do our genes determine our behavior? Is there such a thing as "genetic destiny?" And is evolution merely a biological process, or is it a cultural process as well?
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Oct/hour2_102700.html

Evolutionary Psychology
An helpful outline of a course on evolutionary psychology.
http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year3/PSY339EvolutionaryPsychology/EvolutionaryPsychology.htm

Evolutionary Psychology Challenges the Current Social Sciences
This article attempts to describe evolutionary psychology and the challenge it poses to traditional social science, and then discusses opportunities evolutionary psychology opens for Christian apologetics.
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Evolution/PSCF9-98Zimmer.html

Evolutionary Psychology
Papers on Evolutionary Psychology.
http://www.mgmt.utoronto.ca/~evans/evol/wpevol.htm

Evolutionary Psychology: An Elegant Solution
Evolutionary Psychology is a relatively new approach that treats the human mind as a product of evolution. According to EP, the human mind consists of mental modules that, like the body's organs, evolved to handle specific adaptive problems.
http://www.elsol.org/f_ep.html

Synaesthesia
Scientists are working to understand just how sensations are experienced and interpreted.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jul/hour2_072800.html

Monkey Math
What do experiments on mathematical ability in other species say about the fundamentals of math -- and of psychology?
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jan/hour1_010700.html

Inside the Animal Mind
A superb website on animal intelligence.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animalmind/

The Science of Beauty
Nancy Etcoff, Doug Jones and Steve Gangestad discuss the science of beauty.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Mar/hour2_030395.html

Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man
Information about and from Andrew Brown's book on current debates between the Dawkinsians and the Gouldians over Dawkins' concept of the "selfish gene" and related matters.
http://www.darwinwars.com/

Research Group on Evolution and Higher Cognition
Center at Rutgers University provides faculty profiles, information on courses and conferences. Also offers an archive of papers.
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ArchiveFolder/Research%20Group/research.html

The Undiscovered Mind
A conversation with John Horgan on his dismissive views of contemporary research.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1999/Sep/hour2_092499.html

Brain Development
A broadcast in RealAudio from the annual meeting of the AAAS: Marion Diamond and others on how genes and the environment work together to shape the young developing brain.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/Feb/hour1_020996.html

Genetics, Ethics and Theology
Audio resources on genetics, ethics and theology.
http://www.meta-library.net/media/gene-body.html

The Great Debate: Evolution, Human Nature and Autonomy
Wwb site of the debate between Sue Scott, Kenan Malik, Rita Carter and Christopher Badcock. There are useful links and contact information.
http://www.thegreatdebate.org.uk/

Sex, Drugs, and Cults
An evolutionary perspective on sex, drugs, cults, religions, and ideologies by H. Keith Henson, including a hair-raising account of the author's encounters with the scientiology cult.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/cults.html

When babies 'see'
Babies start to see complex objects in the same way as adults at the age of seven months, according to new research.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1037328.stm

The original 'rock music'
Many Stone Age relics lying in our museums might not simply be tools but could also be musical instruments.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/festival_of_science/920305.stm

Scientists 'Locate' Intelligence
British and German scientists believe they have identified the specific area of the human brain responsible for intelligence.ˇ=
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/844217.stm

Secrets of the brain
The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series 'Brain Story'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm

Identifying the accident prone
Your personality could determine how likely you are to be involved in an accident, say researchers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1100347.stm

Evolutionary Psychology
Brief introduction to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology.
http://www.behavior.net/column/brody/

Daniel J. Kruger: Evolutionary Psychology
This Research Fellow at the University of Michigan provides an online version of his work "What is Evolutionary Psychology?" published 2002.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kruger/

The Imagined World Made Real
Tom Dickins looks at Henry Plotkin's view on the natural science of culture.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/plotkin.html

Turning the Tables on the Tabula Rasa By David P. Barash
A detailed commentary on The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/pinker.html

Unlocking the brain's potential
Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can stimulate artistic genius, a BBC documentary shows.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1211299.stm

What makes a good rumour?
A rumour spread by a small radio station saw UK motorists trying to beat a phantom fuel blockade. What makes a rumour so successful?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/934357.stm

Matt Ridley: The Evolution of a Darwinian
Article on 'Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters'.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/articles/20000306_85142.asp

Sociobiology and the Meaning of Life
Essay presents an overview of the field of Evolutionary Psychology. Features links to related sites.
http://www.geocities.com/evo_psych

The Dance of Consciousness
In an audio interview, neuroscientist Walter J. Freeman discusses his view that consciousness springs from action.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/freeman/

The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
Work by faculty and students at the University of Michigan in the area of evolution and human behavior, including work relevant to Darwinian medicine.
http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/ehap/nesseflier.htm

Chimpanzees and Romans: Why Animals and Humans Make War
Paleopsychologist/mass-behavior specialist Howard Bloom explains the animal instincts that drove the ancient Greeks and Romans to make war.
http://www.howardbloom.net/chimpanzees_and_romans.htm

In Search of Human Origins: Classroom Ideas
Lesson Plans Introduce evolution, classify species, and write quizzes about early humans to get a better understanding of human origins.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/outpost/resource_lesson1.html

Women's Choice of Men Goes in Cycles
The BBC reports that women are attracted to more hunky men at the most fertile time of their menstrual cycle - this may be part of an evolutionary explanation of infidelity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/376321.stm

Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution
Written by Charles R. Peters of Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~alock/hbook/start.htm

No Nobels, One Failure, a Few Regrets - How did the Genius Sperm-bank Donors Turn Out?
The story of The Repository for Germinal Choice as told by David Plotz in Slate magazine.
http://slate.msn.com/id/103402/

Nature/Nurture Debate
Audio discussion featuring Dean Hamer.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1010508

NPR - Focus on Ordinary Behavior
Radio interview with the founder of "The Journal of Mundane Behavior."
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1071573

Language Gene
NPR interview with Steven Pinker on the discovery of the first gene linked to speech and language.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1148343

Pinker on 'The Language Instinct'
NPR audio interview originally broadcast on Fresh Air.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1107515

Evolutionary Psychology
Provides a concise definition of the field with links to related topics.
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/evol-psych.html

Intraspecific Exploitative Mimicry in Humans
Humans have evolved to rely very heavily on cooperation with conspecifics. This web page presents the best possible explanation for this complex phenomenon.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/hagen/dd.html

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
Audio conversations with the noted primatologist.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/savage-rumbaugh/

Frans de Waal
An audio interview with the primatologist and author.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/waal/

Jared Diamond
An audio interview with the author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and biogeographer.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/diamond/

Margaret Hagen
Audio interview with an expert on visual perception.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/hagen/

Orlando Patterson
Audio interview with the historical sociologist and Professor at Harvard University. He won the 1991 National Book Award for Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, appears regularly in The New York Times, Newsweek, and The New Republic. He also served as special adviser for social policy and development to Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley during the 1970's, was on the faculty at the London School of Economics, and has published three novels.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/patterson/

Frank Sulloway
Audio interview with the visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, author of 'Born to Rebel'.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/sulloway/

Evolutionary psychology
A comprehensive evolutionary psychology must be able to deal with our future psychological evolution as well as our past. This paper begins the extension of evolutionary psychology to our future evolution.
http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/evpsy.htm

MFTSource Theory: Evolutionary Psychology
MFTSource.com Theory Page on Evolutionary Psychology organizes useful clinical resources for working from this framework on a variety of issues and diagnoses.
http://mftsource.com/theory.evpsych.htm

So you think you're logical?
An online implementation of one of the most famous experiments in social/evolutionary psychology.
http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/logic_task.htm

A tutorial on evolutionary psychology
PDF by Edward Hagen of UCSB.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/hagen/tutorial/tutorial.pdf

Richard Wrangham
Audio interview with the Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. His book 'Demonic Males' popularized ideas he has developed in scholarly research focused on the influence of ecology on the evolution of primate social behavior.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/wrangham/

The human species: our evolution and future
The human species in ecological perspective. A useful collection of links.
http://www.bh.rmit.edu.au/abbt/subject/cc014/evolutionlinks.html

World From Within
Explores the pathology of modern human language and social-cultural institutions.
http://www.saivo.com/

The Bio-Rational Institute
Articles, references and information about evolutionary influences on human experience.
http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/

The Origin of Language - UsingEnglish.com
Some thoughts on the 'origin of language' debate, and the arguments put forward by Steels and MacWhinney, in contrast to those put forward by Chomsky and Pinker.
http://www.usingenglish.com/speaking-out/universal-grammar.html

Evolutionary analysis of depression.
Presents the niche change model of depression, proposing evolutionary adaptationist functions for minor and major depression to be considered by patients and their families, as well as mental health professionals.
http://biology.unm.edu/biology/pwatson/public_html/Watson_Andrews2002.pdf



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