LEADER 04029nam 2200757uu 450 001 9910963972703321 005 20240912171214.0 010 $a0-19-771179-0 010 $a1-280-52780-3 010 $a0-19-802282-4 010 $a0-19-535754-X 010 $a1-4294-0608-9 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195062885.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406038 035 $a(EBL)4702602 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357193 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12125294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357193 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351681 035 $a(PQKB)11120521 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138787 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10087212 035 $a(PQKB)11383923 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4702602 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273648 035 $a(OCoLC)960165282 035 $a(OCoLC)1406787801 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197711798 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4702602 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406038 100 $a19921126e20231991 |y | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe biological roots of human nature $eforging links between evolution and behavior /$fTimothy H. Goldsmith 210 1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1991. 311 08$a0-19-506288-4 311 08$a0-19-509393-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 investment 327 $aAn 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! 327 $aDrives 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; Y 330 8 $aThis monograph argues that biology has a great deal to say that should be of interest to social scientists, historians, philosophers and humanists in general. The author draws examples from neurobiology, psychology and ethology (behavioural evolution). 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aSociobiology 606 $aSocial behavior in animals 615 0$aSociobiology. 615 0$aSocial behavior in animals. 676 $a304.5 700 $aGoldsmith$b Timothy H.$01852018 801 0$bUk 801 1$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963972703321 996 $aThe biological roots of human nature$94446616 997 $aUNINA