SEF - Quickfinder: "GLOBAL TRENDS is a standard work containing facts, analyses and forecasts on key developments in global society. Prepared in collaboration with the Institute for Development and Peace, it is published every two years (only once in English as yet)."

Evolution and Religion - Darwin’s God - Robin Marantz Henig - New York Times: "When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success. In many ways, it’s an exercise in post-hoc hypothesizing: what would have been the advantage, when the human species first evolved, for an individual who happened to have a mutation that led to, say, a smaller jaw, a bigger forehead, a better thumb? How about certain behavioral traits, like a tendency for risk-taking or for kindness? "