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Psychology, culture, and evolution
Site has three sections: the first is concerned with the evolution of the human capacity to construct signs; the second deals with Cultural-Historical Psychology; the third concerns theories and arguments about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality.
Precis of origins of the modern mind
The central hypothesis in this paper is that there were three major cognitive transformations by which the modern human mind emerged over several million years: 1) mimetic skill and autocueing, 2) lexical invention, 3) externalization of memory.
Cog Web
Research tool for exploring the relevance of the study of human cognition to communication and the arts. Features articles, discourse and bibliography.
Evolution in the First Person
New ideas are the method of evolution of man. How this happens is a social phenomena rooted in evolutionary principles. "Contrary to appearances, the great mythological archetypal themes are about human evolution!"
ICC
The International Culture & Cognition program is a multidisciplinary virtual institute devoted to exploring the interactions between mind and culture. Online papers and related resources organized by topic.
Cognitive science & literature & composition
Dedicated to exploring the impact of cognitive science upon the research and teaching of literature and composition.
Evolution and Philosophy
Kent Van Cleave presents his thesis that the pursuit of philosophy is the culmination of an evolutionary process.
Basic References on the Global Brain / Superorganism
Short annotated bibliography and link list related to theories of the global brain. "Society can be viewed as a multicellular organism, with individuals in the role of the cells. The network of communication channels connecting individuals then plays the role of a nervous system for this superorganism, i.e. a "global brain"."
Brain Channels - Evolving Human Intelligence
Extensive site containing sections on evolution, "memory expansion" and brain research news.
Dan Sperber
Home page of the French cognitive and social scientist, with biography, bibliography, and texts in English and French.
The Pleistocene and the Origins of Human Culture:
Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd argue that the specific mechanism by which humans mastered the Pleistocene is our capacity to evolve adaptations to the variation of Plio-Pleistocene environments via cultural traditions.
Without Miracles: The Development and Functioning of Thought
Chapter from Prof. Gary Cziko's book "Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second Darwinian Revolution."
The Evolution of Ethics: Cybernetic Ethics
"The evolution of ethical systems is described in scientific terms using cybernetics as its logical foundation. A plausible theory of the integration of science and ethics." Online book
Sean Madigan's CogSci Research Page
Personal cognitive Science Research Page. Includes bibliographies, links, papers and images.
Language, Neoteny, Heterochrony, and Human Evolution
Extensive collection of quotations on the evolution of language. Part of the Web Library of Excerpts: The Multidisciplinary Implications of Heterochronic Theory.
The Coevolution of Language and Theory of Mind
Online symposium organized by the french Institute for Cognitive Sciences and the European Science Foundation.
Evolution and Philosophy
Kent Van Cleave examines the human mind and philosophy in light of evolutionary theories, themes, and processes.
The International Paleopsychology Project
A multi-disciplinary group of scientists dedicated to mapping out the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10-32 second of the Big Bang to the present.
Motor theory of language
The motor theory proposes that language evolved as an exaptation from the existing complex brain system for motor control. (This is a Powerpoint presentation - link to a free viewer provided.)
Gesture and language equivalence
Language and gesture are both motor activities controlled by the cerebral motor programs which generate all bodily activity. The equivalence of word structures and gestures is demonstrated by animations.
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