nature上推出了一个关于人的专题，很多看来很有启发，网址在此：
WEB FOCUS
Being human
In this focus
Why
do we behave in the way that we do? This series of Essays reveals how
the latest research is altering our understanding of what it is to be
human. Whether in relation to religion or to our collective behaviour
in cities, experts explore the potential impact on society, now and in
the future, of discoveries in psychology, anthropology, genetics,
neuroscience, game theory and network engineering.
Image: Greg Becker
Editorial
A look within
A series of Essays examines what science has to say about being human.
Nature 455, 1007 (23 October 200 
doi:10.1038/4551007b
Essay
Religion: Bound to believe?
Atheism
will always be a harder sell than religion, Pascal Boyer explains,
because a slew of cognitive traits predispose us to faith.
Nature 455, 1038 (23 October 200
doi:10.1038/4551038a
Essay
Language: a social history of words
Language
evolved as part of a uniquely human group of traits, the
interdependence of which calls for an integrated approach to the study
of brain function, argue Eörs Szathmáry and Szabolcs Számadó.
Nature 456, 40 (6 November 200
doi:10.1038/456040a
Essay
Conflict: Altruism's midwife
Generosity
and solidarity towards one's own may have emerged only in combination
with hostility towards outsiders, says Samuel Bowles.
Nature 456, 326 (20 November 200
doi:10.1038/456326a
