The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith
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| Autore: |
Goldsmith Timothy H.
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| Titolo: |
The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991 |
| ©1991 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 304.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sociobiology |
| Social behavior in animals | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 investment |
| An 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; Y | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The biological roots of human nature |
| ISBN: | 1-280-52780-3 |
| 0-19-802282-4 | |
| 0-19-535754-X | |
| 1-4294-0608-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450918903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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