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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... causation, that is, causation in evolutionary history. Science is the study of the causes of effects that exist in nature. A cause is something without which an effect or phenomenon could not have occurred. If a primordial mammary gland ...
... causation, that is, causation in evolutionary history. Science is the study of the causes of effects that exist in nature. A cause is something without which an effect or phenomenon could not have occurred. If a primordial mammary gland ...
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... causal origin of the ancestral trait via some developmental process in the evolutionary history of life. Because origin and maintenance are complementary, ultimate causes, a trait's origin can be studied scientifically without ...
... causal origin of the ancestral trait via some developmental process in the evolutionary history of life. Because origin and maintenance are complementary, ultimate causes, a trait's origin can be studied scientifically without ...
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... causal domain. When development causes a trait or feature within an individual's lifetime, it is a proximate cause, but the ontogenetic, phylogenetic origin of a novel trait or feature is ultimate causation. (See my Chapter 21, this ...
... causal domain. When development causes a trait or feature within an individual's lifetime, it is a proximate cause, but the ontogenetic, phylogenetic origin of a novel trait or feature is ultimate causation. (See my Chapter 21, this ...
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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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