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1 online resource (465 pages) |
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Table of Contents; Preface; Notes on Dating; 1. Theoretical Foundations; Darwinian Social Science Redux; Darwinian Foundations; Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology; Qualifiers; The Contents of Human Nature; Conclusion; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 2. Beginnings; African Genesis, African Exodus; Big Brains; The Language Instinct; The Cultural Big Bang; Conclusion; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 3. Getting a Living; To Hunt and to Gather; Ancient Affluence?; First Agriculture; Tillers of the Sail; Herders of Beasts |
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Merchants and TradersCapitalists Small and Large; Capitalists by Nature?; Conclusion; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 4. Foodways; What's for Dinner?; Sweets and Meats; Strategic Foraging; Sacred Cows and Abominable Pigs; The Milky Way; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 5. FInding Mates; Incest Avoidance and the Incest Taboo; Sexual Selection; Strategic Sex; Mate Choice; Dominant Males Litter the Landscape; The Straight and the Gay; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 6. Family and Marriage; Kith and Kin |
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Father's Kin or Mother's?One WIfe or Many?; One Husband or Many?; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 7. Parenthood; Maternal Instincts; A Child's-Eye View; Many Children or Few?; Sons or Daughters?; Infanticidal Deeds; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 8. Gender; Gender Everywhere; Learning About Gender; Gender Economies; Men, Women, and Work; Conclusion; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 9. Status and Wealth; Status Striving; Status Striving Unleashed; Status and Wealth in Modern Times; Status Striving Run Amok; Conclusion |
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13. ReligionSpirits, Gods, and Ritual Specialists; Shamans and Healers; Why Are People Religious?; Religion in Its Socioecological Context; The New Atheism; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 14. Arts; What Are the Arts?; Visual Art; Literature; Music; Conclusion; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; Epilogue: Evolution and Existence; Bibliography; Technical Terms; Index |
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Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 10. Power and Politics; Struggling for Power; Societies Without Bosses; Chiefs on the Horizon; Kings, Emperors, and Oriental Despots; Conclusion; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 11. Violence; Murder, He Wrote; Getting in Touch with Our Inner Chimp; Killing Enemies: The Small Scale; Killing Enemies: The Large Scale; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes; 12. Race and Ethnicity; The Origins of Races; Racism Then and Now; Ethnic Primordialism; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References and Notes |
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If evolution has changed humans physically, has it also affected human behavior? Drawing on evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, and human behavioral ecology, Human Nature and the Evolution of Society explores the evolutionary dynamics underlying social life. In this introduction to human behavior and the organization of social life, Stephen K. Sanderson discusses traditional subjects like mating behavior, kinship, parenthood, status-seeking, and violence, as well as important topics seldom included in books of this type, especially gender, economies, politics, foo |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Social evolution.
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Human evolution.
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Human behavior.
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human behavior.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Human behavior
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Human evolution
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Social evolution
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813349374 |
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0813349370 |
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0429499965 |
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9780429499968 |
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