... This is the major insight of gene-culture coevolutionary theory (for humans, mostly) and niche-construction theory. Also, of course the Baldwin Effect,...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Dec 2, 2005 4:55 pm
Amy Schneider, an associate at MIT's new McGovern Institute, worked in the Teuber Library, overlooking Cambridge. (Wendy Maeda/ Globe Staff) MIT pools its...
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bfranzese7@...
psydock
Dec 2, 2005 4:56 pm
The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution by Albert Somit and Steven Peterson (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) The rapidly rising...
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artemispub
artemistroy
Dec 2, 2005 4:56 pm
Temperature, skin color, per capita income, and IQ: An international perspective Donald I. Templera, , and Hiroko Arikawab aCalifornia School of Professional...
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ba7geor@...
georgefbain
Dec 2, 2005 4:56 pm
"Learning can lead to new behaviors", says C.Coe, in this exchange, but neither of the main protagonists refers to the clear possibility that environmental...
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Benny Beit-Hallahmi
benny@...
Dec 2, 2005 4:57 pm
Am Psychol. 1983 Sep;38(9):982-5. Related Articles, Links Mystery in Milwaukee. Early intervention, IQ, and psychology textbooks. Sommer R, Sommer BA. ... ...
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Kathryn Coe
kathryncoe
Dec 2, 2005 4:57 pm
How curious, I was not even aware that I (if I am C Coe and not K Coe, as I usually am) was a protaganist. Of course, you are right and I don't think that...
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Stardora
philph56
Dec 2, 2005 4:57 pm
Source: University of Newcastle upon Tyne Date: 2005-11-30 URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051130092714.htm ... Creativity Determines Sexual...
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Benny Beit-Hallahmi
benny@...
Dec 2, 2005 4:57 pm
What about loyalty and identification in the case of such groups as lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists, archeologists etc., who work together so that group...
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andy_morleyuk
Dec 2, 2005 4:57 pm
... We all doubt lots of things that are nonetheless true. Much of science is counter-intuitive. The scientific approach is one way of dealing with doubt, if...
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Michelle
cyberlurkerus
Dec 2, 2005 4:57 pm
++ Press Release British, U.S. Scientists Noted for Mental Mapping Win Grawemeyer International Psychology Prize http://snipurl.com/kent University of...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Dec 2, 2005 4:58 pm
Adolf Heschl: Evolutionary theory's central axiom says that changes in both morphology and behavior can only arise through random mutations. Jay R. Feierman:...
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artemispub
artemistroy
Dec 2, 2005 4:58 pm
Rebel Science: Scientists discover Neolithic wine-making Possible first-ever booze dates back at least 6,000 years, according to scientist's research By: Lora...
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Benny Beit-Hallahmi
benny@...
Dec 2, 2005 4:59 pm
"Meditation" means any one of hundreds of specific techniques. Which one was used in these studies? Benny ... From: Robert Karl Stonjek To: Mind and Brain ;...
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Christopher Ryan
earlofbilgew...
Dec 2, 2005 4:59 pm
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? cid=1132475650155&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Are Jews born smart? JEREMY MAISSEL , THE JERUSALEM POST Nov....
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Dec 2, 2005 5:03 pm
Adolph Heschl: The much more interesting point in this discussion is regularly neglected and that is the question whether, what is usually implicitly assumed,...
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Mark Flinn
FlinnM@...
Dec 5, 2005 1:31 pm
I think this discussion is beginning to hit at what I think is the key issue in the Œdual-inheritance/meme¹ perspective. If the human brain has been ...
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Christopher A Robinson
JinxCAR
Dec 5, 2005 1:31 pm
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I have been reading on temperature regulation and am curious if anyone has done cross-cultural studies of clothing to see if...
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artemispub
artemistroy
Dec 5, 2005 1:32 pm
Annual Reviews of Psychology Vol. 57: 199-226 THE EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF FACIAL BEAUTY Gillian Rhodes Abstract What makes a face attractive and why do we...
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richfaussette
Dec 5, 2005 1:32 pm
... Which one was used in these studies? ... Benny, At bottom all techniques of meditation consist of focusing one's attention on something other than the self...
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richfaussette
Dec 5, 2005 1:33 pm
... <andy@m...> wrote: My point was that we have evolved large brains, which amongst other things confer the benefit of helping us to imagine the temporarily ...
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prghome@...
prghome
Dec 5, 2005 1:33 pm
This, and all that precedes it, is splendidly well-intentioned. It is a good example of theSSSM bias that has been wrangled about, endlessly, in another ...
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Carmi Turchick
tribalypredi...
Dec 5, 2005 1:33 pm
I will have to look at this work and some of their other similar works, at least one of which I know I have picked up but quickly put down. Before doing so I...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Dec 5, 2005 1:33 pm
Jay R. Feierman: I doubt that complex, thought-out behaviors are adaptations Andrew Morley: We all doubt lots of things that are nonetheless true. Jay R....
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Ken Stuart
kenstuartgroups
Dec 5, 2005 1:34 pm
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:33:11 +0000 (GMT), Mike Tintner <andarot@...> ... But, several independent studies have shown that the lifespan-extending aspect...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Dec 5, 2005 1:34 pm
ON PHYLOGENETIC TREES The following points are made by D.A. Baum et al (Science 2005 310:979): 1) The central claim of the theory of evolution as laid out in...
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andy_morleyuk
Dec 5, 2005 1:34 pm
Speaking as I poet myself, and without wishing to be rude or to offend anyone, this article sounds like a prime candidate for the 'utter tosh' award of 2005. ...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Dec 5, 2005 1:34 pm
Re: [evol-psych] culture and biologyMark, I agree with what you said below. One place to see the effects of culturally transmitted information on behavior that...
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artemispub
artemistroy
Dec 5, 2005 1:34 pm
Differences of sperm motility in mitochondrial DNA haplogroupnext term U sublineages Francisco Montiel-Sosa et al. Abstract We had previously shown that sperm...
