Agustin Fuentes

Evolution of Human Behavior

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Produktbeschreibung

Evolution of Human Behavior is the first text to synthesize and compare the major proposals for human behavioral evolution from an anthropological perspective. Ideal for courses in the evolution of human behavior, human evolutionary ecology, evolutionary psychology, and biological anthropology, this unique volume reviews a wide array of approaches--including human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, memetics, and gene-culture co-evolution--on how and why humans evolved behaviorally. Its overview of current and emerging theoretical practices and perspectives offers a novel resource for both students and practitioners. Author Agustin Fuentes incorporates recent innovations in evolutionary theory with emerging perspectives from genomic approaches, the current fossil record, and ethnographic studies. He examines basic assumptions about why humans behave as they do, the facts of human evolution, patterns of evolutionary change in a global environmental-temporal context, and the interconnected roles of cooperation and conflict in human history. The net result is a text that moves toward a more holistic understanding of the patterns of human evolution and a more integrated perspective on the evolution of human behavior. Features *Accessible, student-friendly writing style offers a concise survey of human behavioral evolution for anthropology and psychology undergraduates *Pedagogical aids--including summary charts and tables, suggested readings, and a glossary of key terms--enhance the text *Provides extensive tabular charts comparing the components of the major perspectives and proposals in human behavioral evolution to aid students' understanding of the material *Illustrative and contemporary examples of research in the area of human behavior engage students

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9780195333589
• ISBN-10: 0195333586
• Artikelnr.: 25930417

Autorenporträt

Agustin Fuentes is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Core Concepts in Biological Anthropology (2006) and coauthor/editor of Health, Risk and Adversity (2008), Primates in Perspective (OUP, 2006), Primates Face to Face: The Conservation Implications of Human - Nonhuman Primate Interconnections (2002), and The Nonhuman Primates (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

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* 1. The Relevance of Understanding Human Behavioral Evolution
* Theories and Hypotheses about Behavioral Evolution: Why Are They
Relevant?
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* A Simple Example of Behavioral Evolution
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* 2. Why We Behave Like Humans: Historical Perspectives and Basal
Assumptions
* Charles Darwin and the Descent of Man
* Alfred Russel Wallace and the Evolution of the Mind
* Between Darwin and Sociobiology
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* The Revolution of Sociobiology, Kin Selection, and Selfish Genes: The
New Synthesis
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* Suggested Readings
* 3. Modern Perspectives for Understanding Human Behavioral Evolution:
A Review of Basic Assumptions, Structures, and Practice
* Human Behavioral Ecology
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* Evolutionary Psychology
* The Adapted Mind
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* Gene-Culture Coevolution (or Dual Inheritance Theory)
* Memetics
* Summing Up
* Suggested Readings
* 4. Basic Bones and Stones: What Do We Know About the Record of Human
Evolution (as of 2008)?
* Comparative Primatology Establishes a Baseline for Human Behavior
* Very Brief Summary of Human Fossil Record (~5mya-present)
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* The Genus Homo
* Very Brief Summary of the Cultural Record and Behavioral Inferences
(~2.6mya-present)
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* Suggested Readings
* 5. A Survey of Hypotheses and Proposals of Why We Behave Like Humans
* Why Select These Proposals?
* Summaries of Specific Hypotheses/Proposals
* Suggested Readings
* 6. Discussing the Proposals
* The Comparison Tables
* A Brief Discussion on Shared Components and Differences in the Six
Basic Categories
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* Of Trends and Patterns
* Suggested Readings
* 7. Twenty-First Century Evolutionary Theory/Biology and Thinking
about the Evolution of Human Behavior
* Adding to Our Toolkit--Using Four Dimensions of Evolution
* Revisiting Tinbergen's Ontogenetic "Why"
* Four Other Approaches in Evolutionary Biology/Theory
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* Can Adding These Perspectives to Existing Practice (as Outlined in
Chapters 2 and 3) Impact the Way We Formulate and Test
Hypotheses/Conceptualizations of Human Behavioral Evolution?
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* Suggested Readings
* 8. A Synthesis and Prospectus for Examining Human Behavioral
Evolution
* A Set of Modest Proposals Emerging from Chapters 1 to 7: Seeking the
Broad and the Minute Foci
* Looking at the Areas of Overlap and Interest from Chapter 6
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* A Modest Proposal for a General Framework of Our Evolutionary History
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* 9. Problem of Being a Modern Human and Looking at Our Evolution
* Benefits and Flaws in this Prospectus
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* The Difficulties We Encounter When Reconstructing Our Evolutionary
Path and Its Underlying Causes/Patterns
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* Epilogue: Anthropology, Science, and People
* Some Notes on the Value of Integrative Anthropological Approaches
* Getting Past Conflicts between Researchers Studying Human Behavioral
Evolution
* The Importance of Understanding the Relationships between Religion,
Science, Politics, and Explanations for the Evolution of Humanity
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