The primate origins of human nature /
The Primate Origins of Human Nature brings a multi-disciplinary, multi-theory, and deeply comparative perspective to the contested idea of "human nature." Drawing on the findings and concepts of classical physical anthropology, behavioral ecology, and comparative and evolutionary psycholog...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2016.
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| Series: | Foundations of human biology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Evolution, Behavior and Culture. Elements of Evolutionary Biology
- Basics of Behavioral Biology
- Social Learning and Culture
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- The History of Humans. Ancestors: Humans from a Comparative Perspective
- Human Evolution: A Brief Overview
- Subsistence and Technology. Primate Ecology
- Forager Ecology and Subsistence
- The Evolution of Technology
- Sex and Sexual Selection. Sex, Sexual Selection and Sex Differences
- Mating Systems and Sexuality in Primates
- Human Mating Systems and Sexuality
- Aesthetic Appreciation and Expression
- Life's Changes. Life History
- Parenting and Reproductive Investment
- Growth and Development
- Social Life. Social Life in Nonhuman Primates
- Primate Socioeclogy
- Social Evolution in Hominins
- Cooperation. Cooperation in Nature
- Warfare
- Morality
- Religion
- The Cognitive Animal. The Evolution of Brain Size
- The Evolution of Primate Cognition
- Human Language
- Conclusions. What Made Us Humans? A Preliminary Synthesis.