Bibliograph

Evolutionary psychology, the science of human nature, Allen D. MacNeill, I

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Evolutionary psychology, the science of human nature, Allen D. MacNeill, I

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (guide)

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Main title

Evolutionary psychology

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664323699

Responsibility statement

Allen D. MacNeill

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The modern scholar

Sub title

the science of human nature

Summary

MacNeill examines the surprising--and sometimes unsettling--answers to the most basic of human questions: "Why do we do what we do?"

Table Of Contents

Evolutionary psychology: a conceptual history -- Investigating the unmentionable -- Natural selection and adaptation -- Evolved psychological mechanisms -- Deconstructing the blank slate -- Food, clothing, shelter, and health -- Cooperation and the paradox of altruism -- Gender and sex differences -- Sex lives of the vertebrates -- The evolution of human sexuality -- Monogamy and polygamy -- Attraction, courtship, and mating -- Love, attachment, and child rearing -- Parents, offspring, and families

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Science of human nature

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