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Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature is an original, highly
theoretical work dealing with the transition from genes to behavior
using general principles of evolution, especially those of sexual
selection. It seeks to develop a seamless transition from genes to
human motivations as bio-electric brain processes
(emotional-cognitive processes), to human nature propensities
(various constellations of emotional-cognitive forces, desires and
fears) to species typical patterns of behavior. This work covers
two often antagonistic fields: biology and the social sciences. It
should be of strong interest to anthropologists, sociologists,
sociobiologists, psychobiologists and psychologists who are
interested in the question of human nature influences on social
behavior.
How do desires and fears motivate human sociability? What effect do
these motivators have on reproductive, social and political
behaviour? And, crucially, how might we understand them separate
from preconceived notions of design or higher morality? Taking
these questions as a focus, this book examines human evolution with
the emphasis on sexual selection and the evolution of a number of
human psychological processes. Exploring evolutionary, sexual and
maturational processes, along with primate, fossil and geological
evidence, Vannelli argues that human nature can be conceptualised
as species-typical desires and fears, derived from sexual selection
during human evolution, and that these are major motivators of
behaviour. Presenting additional evidence from the anthropology of
band societies, along with material from group behaviour, Vannelli
highlights the importance of pair-bonding, friendship, alliance
behaviour, vengeance seeking and interpersonal politics in social
behaviour, providing a unique interdisciplinary framework for
understanding human nature and the evolution of human sociability.
Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature is an original, highly
theoretical work dealing with the transition from genes to behavior
using general principles of evolution, especially those of sexual
selection. It seeks to develop a seamless transition from genes to
human motivations as bio-electric brain processes
(emotional-cognitive processes), to human nature propensities
(various constellations of emotional-cognitive forces, desires and
fears) to species typical patterns of behavior. This work covers
two often antagonistic fields: biology and the social sciences. It
should be of strong interest to anthropologists, sociologists,
sociobiologists, psychobiologists and psychologists who are
interested in the question of human nature influences on social
behavior.
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