Palaeo psychology

[trehinp]

Dear Jacques,

In the like of the discussion board on "Human Evolutionary Biology", and to broaden the scope of this wonderful PALANTH forum, do you think that it would be possible to start a new discussion board on "Human Evolutionary Psychology" ?

Yours very friendly.

Paul

[Jacques Cinq-Mars]

Dear Jacques,

In the like of the discussion board on "Human Evolutionary Biology", and to broaden the scope of this wonderful PALANTH forum, do you think that it would be possible to start a new discussion board on "Human Evolutionary Psychology" ?

Yours very friendly.

Paul

Dear Paul,

From what I have seen, elsewhere on the Web, it would certainly be an efficient way to a attract more attention, thus leading to  membership and traffic increase (i.e., contributions and discussion), something that is translated by some as an “achievement” of sort. But at what cost? I am specifically referring here to that which happens when one chooses to open up a Pandora’s box, which is, in my undoubtedly very biased view (!), what EP is much about, i.e., too frequently, it attracts more chaff than wheat. This would, in turn, lead inevitably to increased monitoring and moderating attention/needs, something that we don’t need at this time. In other words, the answer must be “No”.

Sorry about that, but you (as well as other people) should find comfort in the fact that the present “Board” structure can certainly be used -- as has been shown before -- to deal productively with a broad range of issues that focus on matters of palaeo-cognition, sensu or within the context of the Forum's integrative approach.

My very best,

Jacques

[trehinp]

Thanks Jaques,

I didn't think this was such a delicate subject. After the resolution of the "socio biology" crisis, evolutionary psychology has gained credibility among serious researchers including in our field of interest : palaeoanthropology.

Among the most known authors, people like Appenzeller, Corballis, Dawkins, Dennet, Klein and Edgar, Mithen, Otte, Tattersall, to name just a few, have shead onto our understanding of human evolution  a new light that goes beyond genetic and phenotypic processes.

But I trust that you have already considered these  researches and think that they can fit under the current structure of PALANTH. So I will just go by the present rules.

Just one last point, you said that such a topic would entail a lot of contributions that would need to be monitored. Should you in the future reconsider opening such a discussion, I'd be ready to become "rewiewer" in these debate in order to offload you from the excess of monitoring task.

Yours very friendly.

Paul

[Jacques Cinq-Mars]

Thanks Jaques,

I didn't think this was such a delicate subject. After the resolution of the "socio biology" crisis, evolutionary psychology has gained credibility among serious researchers including in our field of interest : palaeoanthropology.

Among the most known authors, people like Appenzeller, Corballis, Dawkins, Dennet, Klein and Edgar, Mithen, Otte, Tattersall, to name just a few, have shead onto our understanding of human evolution  a new light that goes beyond genetic and phenotypic processes.

But I trust that you have already considered these  researches and think that they can fit under the current structure of PALANTH. So I will just go by the present rules.

Just one last point, you said that such a topic would entail a lot of contributions that would need to be monitored. Should you in the future reconsider opening such a discussion, I'd be ready to become "rewiewer" in these debate in order to offload you from the excess of monitoring task.

Yours very friendly.

Paul

Dear Paul,

Apologies for not responding earlier.

Thank you for your kind and generous offer, but I believe that, for the time being, we will leave things as they are, i.e., with a relatively straightforward palaeoanthropological focus that nevertheless allows (as exemplified by some of the material that has been posted so far on the various Boards) for the presentation and discussion of a variety of (again, palaeoanthropologically) pertinent topics emanating from the very creative world of EP.

Cordialement,

Jacques