Razib: 
 
I've found the following journals useful. 
 
Cognition 
1. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (one of the many journals in the Trends stable, which I'm sure you're familiar with). 
2. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (not as much 'on-target' in terms of cognition but still quite interesting). 
3. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 
 
History: 
1. History of Religions 
2. History and Theory (As the title indicates it's a 'meta' journal) 
3. Journal of the American Oriental Society (Research on the Near East, South Asia, and East Asia, though the last is less well represented) 
4. Comparative Studies in Society and History 
5. Along the lines that Dr. Emerson suggested, the Journal of World Pre-History (by the same publishing house, I believe). I also second his recommendation of the Journal of Asian History and the Journal of World History. 
 
Regards, 
Kumar

Razib: 
 
This is a very interesting paper. 
 
On Dr. Lynch, you write that "...much of his work over the past few decades has been to emphasize that random genetic drift is a very powerful force..." 
 
Part of his work, yes. But he's also done quite fundamental work on the evolution of novel gene function (i.e., involving selective forces, among others), and stressing the importance of taking population genetics into account.  
 
Kumar

Razib: 
 
Let me play the devil's advocate here (or, rather, Catlos' advocate) and pose the following. It's alright to speak of the 'signal:noise' ratio but your use of it does not rise above metaphor, at least in this post. To do so, you must show that civilisational-level attributes affected events 'on the ground'. In other words, your post doesn't show how such attributes enter into any sort of causal nexus in the history of this region. It would be interesting to write a history of the region, incorporating both Huntington & Catlos. 
 
I agree with your general approach, FWIW, but more work needs to be done (I suspect you don't disagree with that, but of course feel free to disagree.). 
 
Kumar

Razib: 
 
Yeah, it's 2 vols. There are many 'philosophical' papers in the book. But the ones I found interesting were, mostly, the (mainly) biological papers (although, I thought a couple of the 'philosophical' ones were also fairly interesting). 
 
Kumar

Razib: 
 
That fetschrift for Lewontin has a number of other very interesting papers too (and some lousy ones too). 
 
Kumar

"...Reverse genetics using RNAi is ridiculously easy to do..." 
 
Hah. Sez you. ;) 
 
Kumar

Razib, 
 
Have you looked over the next article by the two of the same group ? 
 
Title : RAPID EVOLUTIONARY ESCAPE BY LARGE POPULATIONS FROM LOCAL FITNESS PEAKS IS LIKELY IN NATURE 
Daniel M. Weinreich, and Lin Chao 
 
Kumar

David B:  
 
"Actually, I *would* argue that Flynn 'discovered' the 'Flynn Effect' in the sense of demonstrating a large, sustained, long-term, widespread rise in mean IQ performance...". 
 
Yes, very much on point. In science, or at least my little corner of it, demonstrating/proving/falsifying counts for a lot more--certainly, that's the case when deciding who gets to visit Stockholm in December. 
 
Kumar

AlexB: 
 
Your suggestion that "...why are their discrepancies in mean IQs in various countries and/or changes w/in in a given country..." amounts to the Flynn effect is to strecth the meaning of 'anticipated' a bit too much. Along with David B., I don't see how such research pointed up the importance of "... a large, widespread, long-term trend...found throughout the developed world...". Flynn, after all, was the one to call attention/discover and extensively document the trend. 
 
Kumar