H2G2: Feral Children - An introductory article with brief overviews of four famous cases.
Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children - A lesson about feral children written for children, including a list of films about real and fictional cases.
Savage Girls and Wild Boys - An introduction to the subject, taken and edited from the book "Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History Of Feral Children", by Michael Newton.
Studies of Feral Children - Douglas Candland, author of "Feral Children and Clever Animals", presents discussions of four famous cases and draws conclusions about language acquisition.
Wolf Children and the Bifold Mind - An extract from "The Myth of Irrationality", a book by John McCrone. Discusses language acquisition in several cases of feral children, and has a bibliography.
Wild Things: Fortean Times Article - An excellent and long article featuring a large number of cases of feral children, both isolated and confined. A very good bibliography. (August 1, 2002)
Romania’s Wild Boy - A news story describing the case of Traian Caldarar, a Romanian boy who lived in the wild for three years. (February 22, 2002)
Chilean 'Dog Boy' - Article about 10-year-old Chilean boy who lived with stray dogs for two years. (June 20, 2001)
From Monkey Boy to Choir Boy - Article about an orphan boy apparently reared by apes in the African jungle who was brought to Britain in 1999. (October 6, 1999)
Russian Dog Boy - Article about Ivan Mishukov, a 6-year-old Russian boy who lived with stray dogs. (July 3, 1998)
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