Philosophy of Culture

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Italian History Timeline

• Check out this timeline of Italian History. You can do informal work on the timeline for your grading scheme. 5% for editing/creating 10-15 events. It's fun!

Miscellaneous Items

• Are Native Americans decendents of the Chinese? [1] and this recent result (thanks to Nick Alfino!) [2]

Links on E.O. Wilson's book and the controversies around kin and group selection

• Check out wikipedia articles on Kin Selection and Group Selection
• The Social Conquest of Nature Richard Dawkin's review of E. O. Wilson's The Social Conquest of Nature
• David Sloan Wilson's review of Dawkin's review of E. O. Wilson's The Social Conquest of Nature
• Here's a permalink to the original Nature article on the evolution of Eusociality that Nowak and Tarnita, and Wilson published in 2010. You'll need your GU network login to access it. Nowak, Martin A., Corina E. Tarnita, and Edward O. Wilson. "The evolution of eusociality." Nature 466, no. 7310 (August 26, 2010): 1057-1062. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed January 17, 2013).