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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour
Kevin N. Laland
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Description for Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour
Paperback. This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAL; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. But the legitimacy of this exercise is at the centre of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and psychologists are optimistic that evolutionary principles can be applied to human behaviour, and have offered evolutionary explanations for a wide range of human characteristics, such as homicide, religion and sex differences in behaviour. Others are sceptical of these interpretations. Moreover, researchers disagree as to the best ways ... Read more
Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. But the legitimacy of this exercise is at the centre of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and psychologists are optimistic that evolutionary principles can be applied to human behaviour, and have offered evolutionary explanations for a wide range of human characteristics, such as homicide, religion and sex differences in behaviour. Others are sceptical of these interpretations. Moreover, researchers disagree as to the best ways ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199586967
SKU
V9780199586967
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About Kevin N. Laland
Kevin N. Laland is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews. His research encompasses a range of topics related to animal behaviour and evolution, particularly social learning, gene-culture coevolution, and niche construction. He has published 6 books and over 160 articles on these topics and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of ... Read more
Reviews for Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour
this is an important book that with much consideration outlines evolutionary schools of thought without compromising thoughtful critique. Laland and Brown do not only review their own research, but also dispel some of the persisting misunderstandings about evolutionary theory with broad awareness.
Ugur Parlar, Science & Education
Review from previous edition
Ugur Parlar, Science & Education
Review from previous edition