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Miscellaneous Subjects

In this section I have decided to cover what has not been included in the other sections. Differentiation of subjects is important to make progress in a field. More topics will be added as time goes by, which could result in more differentiation. As I always say, the possibilities are infinite. But at least for now they are being bundled on the same page.

Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad

Contents

 Anthropology
 Cognitive Psychology
 Linguistics

Anthropology

Many of the topics here might not seem relative but the evolutionary perspective does illuminate a lot about intelligence. Much can be learnt from how intelligence arose in different species and how they took their divergent paths. One might not find some of these topics to be implicitly relevant to this discussion but then human beings are the only example that we have of a sentient being and hence many aspects of their evolution are important as they are ultimately tied with their intelligence. Cultural anthropology is not considered here for its les relevance.
 Anthropology Resources on the Internet
 Anthropology Virtual Library

Did Early Humans Mate with the Locals? Human Genome Data Cast Doubt on 'Replacement Theory' of Human Evolution December 23, 2002 University of Utah
 
Study Apes lack gene for speech August 15, 2002 CNN
 Human brain "paid off" by long life July 7, 2002 New Scientist
 Large Brains Not Required? Third And Smallest Skull Of "First Eurasians" Reported In Science July 7, 2002 American Association For The Advancement Of Science
 Origin of bipedalism seems most closely tied to environmental changes  May 9, 2002 University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
 Ethiopian Fossil Skull Indicates Homo Erectus Was Single, Widespread Species 1 Million Years Ago March 26, 2002University Of California - Berkeley
 Abstract Engravings Show Modern Behavior Emerged Earlier Than Previously Thought January 4, 2002 NSF
 Researchers Zero In On Date Of Early Hominids November 8, 2002 Oregon State University
 Earliest Human Ancestors Discovered In Ethiopia; Discovery Of Bones And Teeth Date Fossils Back More Than 5.2 Million Years July 11, 2002 NSF

Cognitive Psychology

Papers

 Autism, intelligence, and consciousness Rodney Cotterill
 Is the visual world a grand illusion? Alva Noë
 The relational mind John Taylor
 Time and the observer: The where and when of consciousness in the brain Daniel Dennett, Marcel Kinsbourne

News & Views

 Sidle splitter settled Humour experiment pins down universal gag October 4, 2002 Nature
 "I Tawt I Taw" A Bunny Wabbit At Disneyland: New Evidence Shows False Memories Can Be Created June 12, 2001 University Of Washington
 As Young As 8-1/2 Months, Babies Seem To Know Where Words Begin And End, An Early Marker Of Language Development June 3, 2001 American Psychological Association

Linguistics

 New Light Shed On The Relationship Between Thought And Language January 2, 2002 Vanderbilt University
 Scientist Uses Artificial Language To Study Language Learning February 22, 2001 Johns Hopkins University
 Similarities Found In Human, Chimp Brains January 7, 1998 Columbia University

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