The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior

The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior
ISBN-10
0195093933
ISBN-13
9780195093933
Category
Social behavior in animals
Pages
161
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Timothy H. Goldsmith

Description

A short, stimulating book on the relevance of biological evolution to the study of behaviour. Goldsmith argues that anyone studying the social behaviour of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause - the physiology, biochemistry, and social mechanisms of behaviour, and the ultimate cause - how the behaviour came to exist in evolutionary time. Many of the confusing and misunderstood elements of sociobiology are clearly explained for the general reader.

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