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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
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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
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Evolutionary Psychology
Provides a concise definition of the field with links to related topics.
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/evol-psych.html
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Pinker on 'The Language Instinct'
NPR audio interview originally broadcast on Fresh Air.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1107515
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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
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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
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Nature/Nurture Debate
Audio discussion featuring Dean Hamer.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1010508
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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Evolutionary Psychology
Brief introduction to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology.
http://www.behavior.net/column/brody/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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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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
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The Bio-Rational Institute
Articles, references and information about evolutionary influences on human experience.
http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/
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World From Within
Explores the pathology of modern human language and social-cultural institutions.
http://www.saivo.com/
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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
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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/
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A tutorial on evolutionary psychology
PDF by Edward Hagen of UCSB.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/hagen/tutorial/tutorial.pdf
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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
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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
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'Origins of Human Language' by Steven Pinker
Video presentation by the Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT and one of the
world's leading evolutionary psychologists. An expert in the field of linguistic theory, Dr.
Pinker has done extensive research on language acquisition and development. Both controversial and
thought provoking, two of his recent books, 'How the Mind Works' and 'The Language Instinct', were
NY Times bestsellers.

http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/sounds/ram_text/pinker.ram
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'Origins of Culture' by William McGrew
Video presentation. McGrew has written several books including, 'Chimpanzee Material Culture:
Implications for Human Evolution' and 'Tool-use by free-ranging chimpanzees: The extent of
diversity'.

http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/sounds/ram_text/mcgrew.ram
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'Origins of Communication' by Dorothy Cheney
Video presentation by an authority on behavior, communication, and cognition of monkeys and apes,
with a focus on the similarities and differences between human and primate communication.

http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/sounds/ram_text/cheney.ram
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'Origins of War' by Richard Wrangham
Video presentation by a scientist who has conducted extensive field research on chimpanzees and
other mammals. He is widely respected, having received a number of fellowships and awards
including the Royal Anthropological Institute Rivers Medal, and is quickly becoming one of the
foremost field researchers and primatologists of our time.

http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/sounds/ram_text/wrangham2.ram
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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
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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/
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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/
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Margaret Hagen
Audio interview with an expert on visual perception.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/hagen/
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Jared Diamond
An audio interview with the author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and biogeographer.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/diamond/
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Frans de Waal
An audio interview with the primatologist and author.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/waal/
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Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
Audio conversations with the noted primatologist.
http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/savage-rumbaugh/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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Genetics, Ethics and Theology
Audio resources on genetics, ethics and theology.
http://www.meta-library.net/media/gene-body.html
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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Stress and Disease
Audio discussion with Robert Sapolsky on the biology of stress.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Dec/hour1_122295.html
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Koen DePryck
Links to publications on evolutionary advantages of learning disabilities and other items.
http://www.KDPgroup.com/
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Physiological psychology
The award winning SALMON web site which contains support material for courses taught by Dr Paul
Kenyon in the Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth , Devon, UK.

http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year1/bbb.htm#BBBlecture support
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Inside the Animal Mind
A superb website on animal intelligence.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animalmind/
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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
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Synaesthesia
Scientists are working to understand just how sensations are experienced and interpreted.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Jul/hour2_072800.html
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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
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Evolutionary Psychology
Papers on Evolutionary Psychology.
http://www.mgmt.utoronto.ca/~evans/evol/wpevol.htm
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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
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Evolutionary Psychology
An helpful outline of a course on evolutionary psychology.
http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year3/PSY339EvolutionaryPsychology/EvolutionaryPsychology.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Film Archive of Human Ethology
Videos and photography of people comparing different cultures.
http://erl.ornithol.mpg.de/~fshuman/EngHomep/eindex.html
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The Role of the Skeptic
A discussion including Eugenie Scott.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1996/Jun/hour2_062196.html
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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
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The Genetics of Complex Traits
Science Friday discussion on the genetics of complex traits.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/Feb/hour2_021497.html
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Evolution's Voyage
Evolutionary Psychology For The Common Person. Includes articles, book reviews and reading lists.
http://www.evoyage.com/
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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
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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
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Anthroglobe: Evolutionary Psychology
A directory of annotated links for understanding the evolution of human cognitive adaptations.
http://darwin.anthroglobe.com/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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The Evolutionary Psychology FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions about evolutionary psychology.
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/evpsychfaq.html
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Yahoo Groups : Evolutionary-psychology
Discussion group and archive.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evolutionary-psychology/
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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/
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