
Evolution and Human Behaviour
Darwinian Perspectives on the Human Condition
- 520 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Our experience of the world is driven by processes common to all animals: growth, survival, reproduction and death. Evolution and Human Behaviour explores the complexities of the human experience through the lens of Darwinism, drawing on a long and vibrant tradition of different theories and interpretations. This textbook offers a compelling synthesis of key concepts, addressing human thought, feeling and behaviour in fundamental evolutionary terms. This is a essential text for undergraduate students taking courses in psychology, human biology, ethology, anthropology and human behavioural ecology, providing an insightful and comprehensive introduction for anyone who wishes to understand how human behaviour has evolved. New to this Edition:
- Additional chapters on health and disease, homosexuality, the nature of adaptations and life history theory.
- Includes brand-new material on epigenetics, patterns of crime, error management theory, moral foundations theory, religion and gene culture co-evolution.
- Now accompanied by a companion website offering additional reading material and useful practice questions
- New 'controversy' boxes in each chapter, providing ideas for essay topics and classroom discussion
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Full Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Historical and Methodological Issues
- Part II Two Pillars of the Darwinian Paradigm: Natural and Sexual Selection
- Part III Human Evolution and its Consequences
- Part IV Adaptations and Developmental Plasticity
- Part V Cognition and Emotion
- Part VI Cooperation and Conflict
- Part VII Mating and Mate Choice
- Part VIII Health and Disease
- Part IX Wider Contexts
- Glossary
- References
- Index