"The Mind as the Software of the Brain" by Ned Block
Cognitive scientists often say that the mind is the software of the brain. This chapter is about what this claim means.
An altitude problem
People in Tibet and the Andes have evolved different strategies of coping with altitude.
And Darwin created us all...
As two of the world's great Darwinists prepare to debate whether science is killing the soul, Tim Radford asks if natural selection is the key to life, the universe, and everything…
Baboon Key to Human Stress
Article describes how the stresses and strains that afflict humans are evident in baboon societies. Also suggests that both species share the long-term health effects.
Chimps touched by television
Chimpanzees are moved by fearful or appealing television scenes.
Darwin and the Genre of Biography
Published in G. Levine, ed., 'One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature'. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, pp. 203-24.
Darwin, Marx, Freud and the Foundations of the Human Sciences
This is a talk on the grand view of the human sciences, presented to CHEIRON, the European Society for the History of the Behavioural Sciences and reprinted in its Newsletter, Spri…
Darwinism is Social
This essay appeared on David Kohn, ed., 'The Darwinian Heritage'. Princeton and Nova Pacifica, 1985, pp. 609-638.
Did the Caveman Teach Us to Queue?
Chris Horrie provides a critique of the discipline in this BBC News article.
Evolutionary theory and the psychology of eating
Online paper by A. W. Logue.
How Hardwired Is Human Behavior?
Abstract and electronic delivery of Nigel Nicholson's paper in the Harvard Business Review.
Human genome - overview - press releases
Comprehensive information on the first draft of the human genome from Nature.
Humans-Who Are We? - Official Web Site
Humans are brimming with unique traits that do not fit the animal mold - according to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
In Favor of Animal Consciousness
An excerpt from Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness by Donald R. Griffin, the creator of the field of cognitive ethology.
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