Why do people resort to plastic surgery to look young? Why are
stepchildren at greatest risk of fatal abuse? Why do we prefer
gossip to algebra? Why must Dogon wives live alone in a dark hut
for five days a month? Why are young children good at learning
language but not sharing? Over the past decade, psychologists and
behavioral ecologists have been finding answers to such seemingly
unrelated questions by applying an evolutionary perspective to the
study of human behavior and psychology. "Human Evolutionary
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of the basics of evolutionary theory with a solid grasp of
empirical case studies.
Covering not only such traditional subjects as kin selection and
mate choice, this text also examines more complex understandings of
marriage practices and inheritance rules and the way in which
individual action influences the structure of societies and aspects
of cultural evolution. It critically assesses the value of
evolutionary explanations to humans in both modern Western society
and traditional preindustrial societies. And it fairly presents
debates within the field, identifying areas of compatibility among
sometimes competing approaches.
Combining a broad scope with the more in-depth knowledge and
sophisticated understanding needed to approach the primary
literature, this text is the ideal introduction to the exciting and
rapidly expanding study of human evolutionary psychology.
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