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Fruit fly genetics Open in a new browser window  
   Fly: An Experimental Life' by Martin Brookes.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4161281,00.html
From Brains to Consciousness (Rose) Open in a new browser window  
   A review of Stephen Rose's "From Brains to Consciousness Essays on the New Sciences of the Mind".
   http://dannyreviews.com/h/Brains_Consciousness.html
The Dream of the Human Genome Open in a new browser window  
   A review of Richard Lewontin's "It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and other Illusions".
   http://dannyreviews.com/h/Dream_Human_Genome.html
Promiscuity (Tim Birkhead) Open in a new browser window  
   Danny Yee reviews Tim Birkhead's evolutionary history of sperm competition and sexual conflict.
   http://dannyreviews.com/h/Promiscuity.html
Human Nature and the Limits of Science by John Dupré Open in a new browser window  
   "Dupré's Human Nature and The Limits of Science is not a successful attempt at providing a criticism of evolutionary psychology. Quite literally because it is not about evolutionary psychology, rather, as an extreme statement, it is about the author
   http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/leok.html
'Animal traditions: Behavioural inheritance in evolution' reviewed by Herbert Gintis Open in a new browser window  
   A skeptical assessment by Herbert Gintis.
   http://human-nature.com/nibbs/01/at.html
Defenders of the Truth Open in a new browser window  
   A review by Michael Shermer.
   http://www.skeptic.com/review12.html
Icons of Evolution Open in a new browser window  
   Jim Dawson reviews a flawed critique of Darwinism written by Jonathan Wells of the creationist Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture.
   http://news.bmn.com/hmsbeagle/97/reviews/review
'How The Mind Works' by Stephen Pinker Open in a new browser window  
   Review by John Sloss.
   http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/gazdar/teach/atc/1998/revman/sloss.html
Darwin's dirty secret Open in a new browser window  
   Review of 'A Natural History of Rape' by Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer.
   http://www.discovery.org/viewDB/index.php3?program=CRSC&command=view&id=164
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny Open in a new browser window  
   A review of Robert Wright's book by David Sloan Wilson.
   http://www.skeptic.com/review10.html
Burrow, Evolution and Society Open in a new browser window  
   This review appeared in Cambridge Review 10 June 1967, pp. 409-11.
   http://www.human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper78.html
Singer in the Rain Open in a new browser window  
   A review of Peter Singer's book 'A Darwinian Left'.
   http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0010/reviews/pearcey.html
Understanding It All Open in a new browser window  
   Essay Review of C. D. Darlington, 'The Evolution of Man and Society'.
   http://www.human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper86.html
Review of Ray Jackendoff, Patterns in the Mind Open in a new browser window  
   Online article by Daniel Dennett.
   http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/jackpink.htm
How to Misuse Darwin and (Almost) Get Away With It Open in a new browser window  
   A review by Massimo Pigliucci of Edward Caudill's "Darwinian Myths: The Legends and Misuses of a Theory."
   http://www.skeptic.com/review06.html
Even Baboons Get the Blues Open in a new browser window  
   Rob Nixon reviews 'A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons' by Robert M. Sapolsky.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/01/reviews/010401.01nixont.html
Killer Woman Blues by Benjamin Demott Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/d/demott-woman.html
Looking Good by Lynne Luciano Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/luciano-looking.html
Buff and Ready Open in a new browser window  
   Holly Brubach reviews 'Looking Good : Male Body Image in Modern America' by Lynne Luciano.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/11/reviews/010211.11brubact.html
Are You in Anthropodenial? Open in a new browser window  
   Douglas Foster reviews 'The Ape and the Sushi Master' by Frans de Waal.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/reviews/010408.08fostert.html
The Ape and the Sushi Master by Frans de Waal Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/d/dewaal-sushi.html
No Job for a Woman Open in a new browser window  
   Laura Shapiro reviews 'A History of the Wife' by marilyn Yalom.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/04/reviews/010304.04shapirt.html
Stupid Pet Tricks Open in a new browser window  
   James Gorman reviews 'Clever As a Fox: Animal Intelligence And What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves' by Sonja I. Yoerg.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/11/reviews/010311.11gormant.html
Women Behaving Badly Open in a new browser window  
   Emily Eakin reviews 'Killer Woman Blues: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Gender and Power' by Benjamin Demott.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/01/28/reviews/010128.28eak.html
Carnal Knowledge Open in a new browser window  
   Courtney Weaver reviews 'Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution' by Paula Kamen.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/01/28/reviews/010128.28weavert.html
Her Way by Paula Kamen Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kamen-her.html
An Ape-Man Is Hard to Find Open in a new browser window  
   John Noble Winford reviews 'The Man Who Found the Missing Link: Eugene Dubois and His Lifelong Quest to Prove Darwin Right' by Pat Shipman.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/01/21/reviews/010121.21wilfort.html
The Man Who Found the Missing Link by Pat Shipman Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/shipman-link.html
Back to the Stone Age Open in a new browser window  
   Erica Goode reviews 'Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts' by Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/reviews/001231.31goodet.html
Mean Genes by Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/burnham-genes.html
Don't Bring Home the Bacon Open in a new browser window  
   J. B. Schneewind reviews 'Writings on an Ethical Life' by Peter Singer.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/17/reviews/001217.17schneet.html
From beehives to burrows, animal building sheds new light on biology Open in a new browser window  
   Kurt Schwenk reviews 'The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures' by J. Scott Turner.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/10/reviews/001210.10schwent.html
Genes, the author argues, are merely bit players in the game of life Open in a new browser window  
   Anne Magurran reviews 'The Century of the Gene' by Evelyn Fox Keller.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/10/reviews/001210.10magurrt.html
The Century of the Gene by Evelyn Fox Keller Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/keller-gene.html
Hearts of Darkness Open in a new browser window  
   John Horgan reviews 'Darkness in El Dorado' by Patrick Tierney.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/reviews/001112.12horgant.html
Darkness in El Dorado by Patrick Tierney Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/tierney-dorado.html
Wag the Human Open in a new browser window  
   James Gorman reviews 'Truth About Dogs: An Inquiry into the Ancestry, Social Proclivities, Mental Habits, and Moral Fiber of Canis Familiaris' by Stephen Budiansky.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/29/reviews/001029.29gormant.html
The Truth About Dogs by Stephen Budiansky Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/budiansky-truth.html
All About Evil Open in a new browser window  
   Steven Pinker reviews 'Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century' by Jonathan Glover.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/29/reviews/001029.29pinkert.html
Humanity by Jonathan Glover Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/glover-humanity.html
Why Boys Will Be Boys Open in a new browser window  
   Derek Bickerton reviews 'Heroes, Rogues, and Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior' by James McBride Dabbs and Mary Godwin Dabbs.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/08/reviews/001008.08bickert.html
A neurosurgeon probes the nature of pain Open in a new browser window  
   Jerome Groopman reviews 'Why We Hurt : The Natural History of Pain' by Frank T. Vertosick Jr
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/17/reviews/000917.17groopmt.html
Goddess Theory Open in a new browser window  
   Natalie Angier reviews 'The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory : Why an Invented Past Will Not Give Women a Future' by Cynthia Eller.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/17/reviews/000917.17angiert.html
The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory by Cynthia Eller Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/eller-myth.html
Buttering Up Open in a new browser window  
   Richard Klein reviews 'You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery' by Richard Stengel.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/10/reviews/000910.10klei.html
You're Too Kind by Richard Stengel Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/stengel-kind.html
The Prince of Peas Open in a new browser window  
   Joe Cain reviews 'The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics' by Robin Marantz Henig.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/08/27/reviews/000827.27cainlt.html
The Monk in the Garden by Robin Marantz Henig Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/henig-monk.html
How Far From the Tree? Open in a new browser window  
   Mark Ridley reviews 'Genes, Peoples and Languages' by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/08/20/reviews/000820.20ridleyt.html
Genes, Peoples, and Languages by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/cavalli-sforza-genes.html
She's Gotta Have It Open in a new browser window  
   Karla Jay reviews 'Nymphomania: A History' by Carol Groneman.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/08/06/reviews/000806.06jaymut.html
Nymphomania by Carol Groneman Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/groneman-nymphomania.html
Branching Out Open in a new browser window  
   Richard Dawkins reviews 'Extinct Humans' by Ian Tattersall, Jeffrey H. Schwartz.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/08/06/reviews/000806.06dawkint.html
Extinct Humans by Ian Tattersall and Jeffrey H. Schwartz Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/tattersall-extinct.html
Boys to Men Open in a new browser window  
   Robert Coles reviews 'The War Against Boys : How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men' by Christina Hoff Sommers and 'Real Boys' Voices' by William S. Pollack .
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/25/reviews/000625.25colest.html
The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/sommers-war.html
Real Boys' Voices by William S. Pollack with Todd Shuster Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/p/pollack-voices.html
Another Branch of the Family Open in a new browser window  
   W. Ford Doolittle reviews 'The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Lived' by Colin Tudge
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/18/reviews/000618.18doolitt.html
The Variety of Life by Colin Tudge Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/tudge-variety.html
Whatever Turns You On Open in a new browser window  
   Ian Tattersall reviews 'The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature' by Geoffrey F. Miller.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/11/reviews/000611.11tattert.html
The Mating Mind by Geoffrey F. Miller Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/miller-mating.html
Life After God Open in a new browser window  
   Steven Marcus reviews 'Darwin's Worms' by Adam Phillips.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/28/reviews/000528.28marcust.html
Darwin's Worms by Adam Phillips Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/p/phillips-worms.html
Software Etc Open in a new browser window  
   George Johnson reviews 'The Advent of the Algorithm : The Idea that Rules the World' by David Berlinski.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/21/reviews/000521.21johnsot.html
Well Preserved for His Age Open in a new browser window  
   David Papineau reviews 'Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier' by Brenda Fowler
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/21/reviews/000521.21papinet.html
Iceman by Brenda Fowler Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/fowler-iceman.html
Split Personality Open in a new browser window  
   Stephen S. Hall reviews 'Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American Psychiatry' by T. M. Luhrmann.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/07/reviews/000507.07halllt.html
Make War, Not Nice! Open in a new browser window  
   Carol Gilligan reviews 'The Kinder, Gentler Military : Can America's Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars?' by Stephanie Gutmann
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/07/reviews/000507.07gilligt.html
The Kinder, Gentler Military by Stephanie Gutmann Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/gutmann-military.html
Books of the Times Open in a new browser window  
   Richard Bernstein reviews 'The Kinder, Gentler Military: Can America's Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars?' by Stephanie Gutmann.
   http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/032400gutmann-book-review.html
Rebel With a Cause Open in a new browser window  
   Rachel P. Maines reviews 'Sex the Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey' by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/reviews/000423.23mainest.html
Everybody Into the Gene Pool Open in a new browser window  
   John Durant reviews 'Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated' by Steve Jones.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/reviews/000423.23durantt.html
Darwin's Ghost by Steve Jones Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/j/jones-ghost.html
From Grunting to Grammar Open in a new browser window  
   Paul Bloom reviews 'Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky With the Human Brain' by William H. Calvin and Derek Bickerton.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/16/reviews/000416.16bloomt.html
Lingua Ex Machina by William H. Calvin and Derek Bickerton Open in a new browser window  
   First chapter.
   http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/calvin-ex.html