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Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare: How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears
Gordon H. Orians
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Description for Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare: How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears
Paperback. Explores the role of evolution in human responses to the environment, beginning with why we have emotions and ending with evolutionary approaches to aesthetics. The author reveals how our emotional lives today are shaped by decisions our ancestors made centuries ago on African savannas as they selected places to live. Num Pages: 232 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
In this ambitious and unusual work, evolutionary biologist Gordon H Orians explores the role of evolution in human responses to the environment, beginning with why we have emotions and ending with evolutionary approaches to aesthetics. Orians reveals how our emotional lives today are shaped by decisions our ancestors made centuries ago on African savannas as they selected places to live, sought food and safety, and socialized in small hunter-gatherer groups. During this time our likes and dislikes became wired in our brains, as the appropriate responses to the environment meant the difference between survival or death. His rich analysis explains ... Read more
In this ambitious and unusual work, evolutionary biologist Gordon H Orians explores the role of evolution in human responses to the environment, beginning with why we have emotions and ending with evolutionary approaches to aesthetics. Orians reveals how our emotional lives today are shaped by decisions our ancestors made centuries ago on African savannas as they selected places to live, sought food and safety, and socialized in small hunter-gatherer groups. During this time our likes and dislikes became wired in our brains, as the appropriate responses to the environment meant the difference between survival or death. His rich analysis explains ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226271828
SKU
V9780226271828
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About Gordon H. Orians
Gordon H. Orians lives in Seattle, where he is professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington. He is the author or editor of several books, including, most recently, Red-Winged Blackbirds: Decision-Making and Reproductive Success and Life: The Science of Biology.
Reviews for Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare: How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears
"No scholar better understands the intimate linkage between evolutionary biology and the human condition, and none has expressed it in a more interesting and well-illustrated manner than Orians." (E. O. Wilson, Harvard University) "A neat, thought-provoking volume." (New Scientist) "Orians argues that our emotional responses to aesthetics in nature are hardwired and an evolutionary legacy of our animal origins. Here, ... Read more