The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and ControversiesSteven W. Gangestad, Jeffry A. Simpson In the past two decades, an explosion of research has generated many compelling insights--as well as hotly debated controversies--about the evolutionary bases of human nature. This important volume brings together leading proponents of different theoretical and methodological perspectives to provide a balanced look at 12 key questions at the core of the field today. In 43 concise, accessible chapters, followed by an integrative conclusion, the contributors present viewpoints informed by human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, and gene-culture coevolutionary approaches. Topics include the strengths and limitations of different methodologies; metatheoretical issues; and debates concerning the evolution of the human brain, intellectual abilities, culture, and sexual behavior. |
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... ancestral environments, as evidenced by their phenotypic design. Human behavioral ecologists, Symons charged, do not ... ancestral environments (i.e., which recurrent cues in the environments in which the adaptation was selected) are ...
... ancestral environments, as evidenced by their phenotypic design. Human behavioral ecologists, Symons charged, do not ... ancestral environments (i.e., which recurrent cues in the environments in which the adaptation was selected) are ...
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... ancestral environments in which an adaptation arose and for which the adaptation offers a solution. Taste preferences for sugar and fat, for example, solved the adaptive problem to obtain and consume energyrich food sources. Adaptive ...
... ancestral environments in which an adaptation arose and for which the adaptation offers a solution. Taste preferences for sugar and fat, for example, solved the adaptive problem to obtain and consume energyrich food sources. Adaptive ...
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... environments not matching ancestral ones; in ancestral environments, currently maladaptive behaviors (e.g., eating energy-rich foods) would have been adaptive. Gene–culture coevolutionary theorists, in contrast, contend that some ...
... environments not matching ancestral ones; in ancestral environments, currently maladaptive behaviors (e.g., eating energy-rich foods) would have been adaptive. Gene–culture coevolutionary theorists, in contrast, contend that some ...
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... environments have changed in crucial ways from ancestral environments. However, current environments may not have changed as much as some evolutionary psychologists believe, particularly in the more traditional cultures that behavioral ...
... environments have changed in crucial ways from ancestral environments. However, current environments may not have changed as much as some evolutionary psychologists believe, particularly in the more traditional cultures that behavioral ...
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... environments are different in significant ways from ancestral ones, meaning that some adaptations that are “mismatched” to current environments could be the source of certain maladaptive behaviors (e.g., Smith, Borgerhoff Mulder, & Hill ...
... environments are different in significant ways from ancestral ones, meaning that some adaptations that are “mismatched” to current environments could be the source of certain maladaptive behaviors (e.g., Smith, Borgerhoff Mulder, & Hill ...
Contents
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PART II Fundamental Metatheoretical Issues | 145 |
PART III Debates Concerning Important Human Evolutionary Outcomes | 233 |
Whither Science of the Evolution of Mind? | 397 |
Index | 439 |
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