04029nam 2200757uu 450 991096397270332120240912171214.00-19-771179-01-280-52780-30-19-802282-40-19-535754-X1-4294-0608-910.1093/oso/9780195062885.001.0001(CKB)1000000000406038(EBL)4702602(SSID)ssj0000357193(PQKBManifestationID)12125294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357193(PQKBWorkID)10351681(PQKB)11120521(SSID)ssj0000111982(PQKBManifestationID)11138787(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111982(PQKBWorkID)10087212(PQKB)11383923(Au-PeEL)EBL4702602(CaPaEBR)ebr11273648(OCoLC)960165282(OCoLC)1406787801(StDuBDS)9780197711798(MiAaPQ)EBC4702602(EXLCZ)99100000000040603819921126e20231991 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe biological roots of human nature forging links between evolution and behavior /Timothy H. GoldsmithNew York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (176 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineIncludes index.Previously issued in print: 1991.0-19-506288-4 0-19-509393-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. The Dual Nature of Causation in Biology; Proximate and ultimate cause and the nature of explanation; 2. Some Fallacies and Misconceptions; 3. Evolutionary Theory Since Darwin; Natural variation and its sources; Forces of evolutionary change; The sometimes elusive concepts of heritability, adaptation, and fitness; Some recent contributions to evolutionary theory particularly relevant for the study of behavior; 4. Reasoning about Ultimate Causes of Behavior; What is the meaning of sex?; The fundamental significance of parental investmentAn argument about evolutionarily stable strategiesConcerning the language; Mating systems; Life-history strategies; What about the mating behavior of humans?; Parable or reality?; 5. Getting from Genes to Behavior; Instinct and the myth of ""Biological Determinism""; The ontogeny of behavior follows general principles of development; The other end of life: Why do we age and die?; 6. Evolutionary Perspectives on Volition, Learning, and Language; How do we know that behavior evolves?; Free will; Evolution and learning; Communication and language; 7. Decisions, Decisions!Drives and the evolution of the vertebrate brainThe concept of behavioral scaling; Animals as decision makers; Decision makers as animals; 8. Culture, Anthropology, and Evolution; Coevolution of biology and culture: the ""leash effect""; Sociobiology and cultural materialism; The case of Tibetan fraternal polyandry; 9. Epilogue - Concerning ""Biological Reductionism""; Notes and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis monograph argues that biology has a great deal to say that should be of interest to social scientists, historians, philosophers and humanists in general. The author draws examples from neurobiology, psychology and ethology (behavioural evolution).Oxford scholarship online.SociobiologySocial behavior in animalsSociobiology.Social behavior in animals.304.5Goldsmith Timothy H.1852018UkUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910963972703321The biological roots of human nature4446616UNINA