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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... Approach to Developmental Systems H. Clark Barrett Evolutionary Psychology and Developmental Systems Theory Debra Lieberman The Importance of Developmental Biology to Evolutionary Biology and Vice Versa Randy Thornhill Issue 7. The Role ...
... Approach to Developmental Systems H. Clark Barrett Evolutionary Psychology and Developmental Systems Theory Debra Lieberman The Importance of Developmental Biology to Evolutionary Biology and Vice Versa Randy Thornhill Issue 7. The Role ...
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... approaches were founded, including human behavioral ecology (e.g., Chagnon & Irons, 1979), gene–culture coevolutionary approaches (e.g., Boyd & Richerson, 1985), and evolutionary psychology (Tooby & Cosmides, 1989). During the last two ...
... approaches were founded, including human behavioral ecology (e.g., Chagnon & Irons, 1979), gene–culture coevolutionary approaches (e.g., Boyd & Richerson, 1985), and evolutionary psychology (Tooby & Cosmides, 1989). During the last two ...
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... approaches serve right-wing agendas. Other criticism has been directed at the adaptationist approach in evolutionary biology (see Gould & Lewontin, 1979). The former criticisms hold little water; many evolutionary theorists, such as ...
... approaches serve right-wing agendas. Other criticism has been directed at the adaptationist approach in evolutionary biology (see Gould & Lewontin, 1979). The former criticisms hold little water; many evolutionary theorists, such as ...
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... approach below. Human Sociobiology Wilson's Sociobiology (1975) brought together many breakthroughs in evolutionary theory that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, especially Hamilton's (1964) notion of inclusive fitness, the gene's-eye ...
... approach below. Human Sociobiology Wilson's Sociobiology (1975) brought together many breakthroughs in evolutionary theory that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, especially Hamilton's (1964) notion of inclusive fitness, the gene's-eye ...
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... approach failed to offer sufficient explanations for this variability. The emerging animal behavioral ecology approach did, however. Behavioral ecologists wanted to understand differences in behavior across species as different adaptive ...
... approach failed to offer sufficient explanations for this variability. The emerging animal behavioral ecology approach did, however. Behavioral ecologists wanted to understand differences in behavior across species as different adaptive ...
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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