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Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness

In the News

"God Talked To Me Today"
Ann Bauer, Salon.com, March 23, 2008

Consciousness: Science's Biggest Mystery
Rich Heffern, National Catholic Reporter, February 8, 2008

An Altar Beyond Olympus for a Deity Predating Zeus
John Noble Wilford, MSNBC, February 5, 2008

Cultural Differences Alter Brain's Hard-Wiring
Clara Moskowitz, MSNBC, January 18, 2008

A Penny for Your Deepest Thoughts
Gary Wolf, Salon, January 11, 2008

Where the Brain Makes Sense of Speech
Cell Press, January 4, 2008

Seeking God in the Brain — Efforts to Localize Higher Brain Functions
Solomon H. Snyder, The New England Journal of Medicine, January 3, 2008

A Midnight Service Helps African Immigrants Combat Demons
Neela Banerjee, New York Times, December 18, 2007

Humans Evolving Faster - And We Are Becoming More Different, Not Alike
December 12, 2007

Selection Spurred Recent Evolution, Researchers Say
Nicholas Wade, New York Times, December 11, 2007

Culture Speeds Up Human Evolution
David Biello, Scientific American, December 10, 2007

In Study of Brain Evolution, Zeal and Bitter Debate
Michael Balter, New York Times, November 27, 2007

The Dance of Evolution, or How Art Got Its Start
Natalie Angier, New York Times, November 27, 2007

What Makes Up My Mind?
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, September 23, 2007

Scholars Race to Recover a Lost Kingdom on the Nile
John Noble Wilford, New York Times, June 19, 2007

50,000 Years of Resilience May Not Save Tribe
Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post, June 10, 2007

Talk to the Hand: Language Might have Evolved from Gestures
Patrick L. Barry, Science News, May 5, 2007

God is in the Dendrites: Can "Neurotheology" Bridge The Gap Between Religion And Science?
George Johnson, Slate, April 26, 2007

Spirit Tech: How to Wire Your Brain for Religious Ecstasy
John Horgan, Slate, April 26, 2007

The DNA of Religious Faith
David P. Barash, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 20, 2007

Statue Found in Ancient Grave
Press TV, April 11, 2007

Can You Live With the Voices in Your Head?
Daniel B. Smith, New York Times, March 25, 2007

The Mystery of Consciousness
Steven Pinker, Time, January 19, 2007

Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t
Dennis Overbye, New York Times, January 7, 2007

Need To Rethink Thought: Human Consciousness May Be Only 2,000 Years Old
Mukul Sharma, The Times of India, June 14, 2005

Language May Shape Human Thought
Celeste Biever, New Scientist.com, August 19, 2004

A World Without Gods: This Troy Could Have Done with Some Divine Intervention
Evening Standard, May 13, 2004

Experts See Mind's Voices In New Light
Erica Goode, New York Times, May 2003

This Is Your Brain on God
Jack Hitt, Wired Magazine, November 1999

Hearing Voices: Mysterious Phenomenon Silences Many
Beth Ann Krier, Austin American-Statesman, July 14, 1989