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Appendix A
| Consilience (Wilson 1998) |
Students were required to find journal articles on these topics | Paper selected for study using the jigsaw method |
| 4 - Natural Sciences | Bumblebee vision Moth or bat echolocation Electroreceptors on fish |
Watt et al. (1999) |
| 5 - Ariadne's Thread | Endosymbiosis Alarm signals in ants Pheromones Biology of dreaming or sleep Animal reaction to snakes, or fear of snakes Complexity theory A paper describing the interaction of 3 or more species Population cycles (not human) |
Masataka (1993) |
| 6 - The Mind | Cognitive neuroscience (a.k.a. behavioral and brain sciences) Brain imaging Neurotransmitters Memory Artificial intelligence Cognitive psychology |
Lawrie et al. (1999) |
| 7 - From Genes to Culture | Gene-culturecoevolution (a.k.a. cultural evolution) Sociobiology Human evolution Culture in animals Language and animals Evolution of language Behavioral genetics Heretability of I.Q. Biology of schizophrenia Mother-infant bonding |
Brunner et al. (1993) |
| 8 - The Fitness of Human Nature | Kin selection Parental investment Mating strategy Status/dominance Territorial expansion and defense Cheater detection Genetic defects from incest/inbreeding Westermarckeffect |
Rudan (1999) |
| 10 - The Arts and their Interpretation | Biophilia Biopoetics Bioaesthetics Biological basis of universals/archetypes Perception of beauty Supernormal response |
Johnston (1997) |
| 11 - Ethics and Religion | Genetics of altruism Hyperreligiosity Dominance hierarchy |
Watts (1971) |
References
Brunner, H. G., Nelen, N., Breakefield, X. O., Ropers, H. H. & van Oost, B. A. (1993). Abnormal behavior associated with a point mutation in the structural gene for monoamine oxidase A. Science, Vol. 262, 578-580.
Johnston, V. S. & Oliver-Rodriguez, J. C. (1997). Facial beauty and the late positive component of event-related potentials. The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 34, No. 2, 188-189.
Lawrie, S. M., Whalley, H., Kestelman, J. N., Abukmeil, S. S., Byrne, M., Hodges, A., Rimmington, J. E., Best, J. J. K., Owens, D. G. C., & Johnstone, E. C. (1999). Magnetic resonance imaging of brain in people at high risk of developing schizophrenia. The Lancet, Vol. 353, 30 - 33.
Masataka, N. (1993). Effects of experience with live insects on the development of fear of snakes in squirrel monkeys, Saimiri sciureus. Animal Behaviour, Vol. 46, 741 - 746.
Rudan, I. (1999). Inbreeding and cancer incidence in human isolates. Human Biology, Vol. 71, No. 2, 173-187.
Watt, M. C., Evans, S. & Joss, J. M. P. (1999). Use of electroreception during foraging by the Australian lungfish. Animal Behaviour, Vol. 58, 1039 - 1045.
Watts, C. R. & Stokes, A. W. (1971). The Social Life of Turkeys. In, E. O. Wilson, ed. Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology. pp 48-54. 1974. W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco.
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