The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith

• Autore: Goldsmith Timothy H.
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.5
• Soggetto topico: Sociobiology; Social behavior in animals
• Note generali: Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1991.
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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).
• Titolo autorizzato: The biological roots of human nature
• ISBN: 0-19-771179-0; 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.: 9910963972703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.