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Websites

The following is a list of websites which you may find useful in your exploration of evolutionary psychology. In case the links no longer exist, locally stored versions of some can be accessed by clicking on the * in the rightmost column..

Name + Hyperlink Description Local Copy

Evolutionary Psychology (Journal) The leading journal among those specially devoted to evolutionary psychology

Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) An large and active organization of faithful promoters of evolutionary psychology; many useful and interesting links, including one to the journal Evolutionary Psychology

Behavioral and Brain Sciences: Evolutionary Psychology Archive About 20 review articles defend controversial positions on a range of topics

eHRAF collection of ethnographic data Large searchable database of crosscultural research reports

Evolutionary Psychology course (Northumbria) Lecture notes and power point slides by Dr. Nick Neave

Evolution of Cooperation Bibliography with useful summaries of recent literature, compiled by Robert Axelrod

Non-zero (Robert Wirght) Essays on various things, mostly social policy, colored to varying degrees by the evolutionary perspective

Evolutionary Psychology course (Portsmouth) Comprehensive notes and graphics for a course on evolutionary psychology by Dr. Paul Kenyon, Plymouth.

The mating mind Precis of Geoffrey Miller's book The Mating Mind, for Psycoloquy

Crosscultural perspective on kinship and marriage Lecture notes and slides for advanced course by Dr. Raymond Hanes (Anthropology, Nebraska)

Descent of Man (Australian TV) Multimedia introduction to evolutionary psychology made for Australian TV, with some interviews

Center For Evolutionary Psychology, UCSB Site maintained by the dynamic duo of Cosmides + Tooby. Contains a number of defenses of evolutionary psychology. Check out their long running feud with Stephen J. Gould.

The World of Richard Dawkins A site with lots of pertinent links. Of special note are the java versions of Dawkins' "Blind Watchmaker" software, which will show you the cumulative effects of random variation coupled with selection if you care to try them out. They are easy to use.

Evolving Artificial Moral Ecologies More java simulators for the computer-savvy or brave. These allow you to play around with population dynamics and see the generational iterations of pursuing particular strategies.

Dr. Ian Penton-Voak's Homepage Participate in an online facial attractiveness study!

Levels of Selection By Barry Sinervo of UCSC. Gives a good overview of different selection types: gene, individual, kin , group, species. Provides a number of interesting cases, especially the t-allele in mice and Pgm-3/homozygous in pre-reproductive ant queens.

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Darwin for the Left By Peter Singer. A good invitation to an evolution-influenced social policy from a liberal (moderate left) perspective. See if you can make sense of the emphasis on animal rights.

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Sociobiology Sanitized By Val Dusek. A response to evolutionary psychology from the REAL left. Ascribes racist and sexist views and motives to practitioners of evolutionary psychology. Also manages to attack a good deal of evolutionary theory and empirical work.

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Prediction of Eusociality in the Naked Mole Rat A concise demonstration of the predictive ability of evolutionary hypotheses, in the formulation: "If eusociality exists in other taxa, the species exhibiting it would have the following characteristics." This actually lead to the identification of eusociality in a previously known species.

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Darwin's Truth, Jefferson's Vision By Melvin Konner. Argues the the United States Constitution in based on a view of human nature in line with that of sociobiology.

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Your Cheating Heart By Robin Dunbar. Gives an account of the monogamy/cuckholdry situation, with emphasis on DNA evidence that shows that birds are less strictly monogamous than previously thought.

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Neoteny and Two-way Sexual Selection in Human Evolution By David Brin. Posits an interesting theory on female hourglass figure and large breasts: that they are to signal permission for sexual arousal based on neotenous cues.

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Name + Hyperlink	Description	Local Copy
Evolutionary Psychology (Journal)	The leading journal among those specially devoted to evolutionary psychology
Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)	An large and active organization of faithful promoters of evolutionary psychology; many useful and interesting links, including one to the journal Evolutionary Psychology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences: Evolutionary Psychology Archive	About 20 review articles defend controversial positions on a range of topics
eHRAF collection of ethnographic data	Large searchable database of crosscultural research reports
Evolutionary Psychology course (Northumbria)	Lecture notes and power point slides by Dr. Nick Neave
Evolution of Cooperation	Bibliography with useful summaries of recent literature, compiled by Robert Axelrod
Non-zero (Robert Wirght)	Essays on various things, mostly social policy, colored to varying degrees by the evolutionary perspective
Evolutionary Psychology course (Portsmouth)	Comprehensive notes and graphics for a course on evolutionary psychology by Dr. Paul Kenyon, Plymouth.
The mating mind	Precis of Geoffrey Miller's book The Mating Mind, for Psycoloquy
Crosscultural perspective on kinship and marriage	Lecture notes and slides for advanced course by Dr. Raymond Hanes (Anthropology, Nebraska)
Descent of Man (Australian TV)	Multimedia introduction to evolutionary psychology made for Australian TV, with some interviews
Center For Evolutionary Psychology, UCSB	Site maintained by the dynamic duo of Cosmides + Tooby. Contains a number of defenses of evolutionary psychology. Check out their long running feud with Stephen J. Gould.
The World of Richard Dawkins	A site with lots of pertinent links. Of special note are the java versions of Dawkins' "Blind Watchmaker" software, which will show you the cumulative effects of random variation coupled with selection if you care to try them out. They are easy to use.
Evolving Artificial Moral Ecologies	More java simulators for the computer-savvy or brave. These allow you to play around with population dynamics and see the generational iterations of pursuing particular strategies.
Dr. Ian Penton-Voak's Homepage	Participate in an online facial attractiveness study!
Levels of Selection	By Barry Sinervo of UCSC. Gives a good overview of different selection types: gene, individual, kin , group, species. Provides a number of interesting cases, especially the t-allele in mice and Pgm-3/homozygous in pre-reproductive ant queens.	*
Darwin for the Left	By Peter Singer. A good invitation to an evolution-influenced social policy from a liberal (moderate left) perspective. See if you can make sense of the emphasis on animal rights.	*
Sociobiology Sanitized	By Val Dusek. A response to evolutionary psychology from the REAL left. Ascribes racist and sexist views and motives to practitioners of evolutionary psychology. Also manages to attack a good deal of evolutionary theory and empirical work.	*
Prediction of Eusociality in the Naked Mole Rat	A concise demonstration of the predictive ability of evolutionary hypotheses, in the formulation: "If eusociality exists in other taxa, the species exhibiting it would have the following characteristics." This actually lead to the identification of eusociality in a previously known species.	*
Darwin's Truth, Jefferson's Vision	By Melvin Konner. Argues the the United States Constitution in based on a view of human nature in line with that of sociobiology.	*
Your Cheating Heart	By Robin Dunbar. Gives an account of the monogamy/cuckholdry situation, with emphasis on DNA evidence that shows that birds are less strictly monogamous than previously thought.	*
Neoteny and Two-way Sexual Selection in Human Evolution	By David Brin. Posits an interesting theory on female hourglass figure and large breasts: that they are to signal permission for sexual arousal based on neotenous cues.	*