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Tetrahedral Man

http://nberls.home.texas.net/index_tetra.html

A general theory of human psychology as a consequence of evolution. Specifically an attempt to reconcile the theories of Ayn Rand and Charles Darwin.

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Synaesthesia

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jul/hour2_072800.html

Scientists are working to understand just how sensations are experienced and interpreted.

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So you think you're logical?

http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/logic_task.htm

An online implementation of one of the most famous experiments in social/evolutionary psychology.

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Sex, Drugs, and Cults

http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/cults.html

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.

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Secrets of the brain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm

The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series 'Brain Story'.

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Scientists 'Locate' Intelligence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/844217.stm

British and German scientists believe they have identified the specific area of the human brain responsible for intelligence.=

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Richard Wrangham

http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/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.

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Research Group on Evolution and Higher Cognition

http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ArchiveFolder/Research%20Group/research.html

Center at Rutgers University provides faculty profiles, information on courses and conferences. Also offers an archive of papers.

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Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses

http://library.thinkquest.org/C004367/home.shtml

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.

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Psychology, Culture, and Evolution

http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/

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.

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Paul Ehrlich: Human Natures

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Oct/hour2_102700.html

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?

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Orlando Patterson

http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/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.

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Origins of Language

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Sep/hour2_090895.html

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.

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No Nobels, One Failure, a Few Regrets - How did the Genius Sperm-bank Donors Turn Out?

http://slate.com/id/103402/

The story of The Repository for Germinal Choice as told by David Plotz in Slate magazine.

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Monkey Math

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jan/hour1_010700.html

What do experiments on mathematical ability in other species say about the fundamentals of math -- and of psychology?

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Molwick: The EDI Study

http://www.molwick.com/en/iq-study/index.html

Statistical research of the hereditary nature of intelligence with IQ data source. Evidence of evolution supporting the Global Cognitive Theory.

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Margaret Hagen

http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/hagen/

Audio interview with an expert on visual perception.

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Language Gene

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1148343

NPR interview with Steven Pinker on the discovery of the first gene linked to speech and language.

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