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The Biological Roots of Human Nature

Forging Links between Evolution and Behavior

By: Timothy H. Goldsmith

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The Biological Roots of Human Nature

Forging Links between Evolution and Behavior

By: Timothy H. Goldsmith

In this stimulating book, Goldsmith argues that biology has a great deal to say that should be of interest to social scientists, historians, philosophers, and humanists in general. He believes that anyone studying the social behavior of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause--the physiology, biochemistry, and social mechanisms of behavior--and ultimate cause--how the behavior came to exist in evolutionary time. Goldsmith, a neurobiologist, draws examples from neurobiology, psychology, and ethology (behavioral evolution). The result is a work that overcomes many of the misconceptions that have hindered the rich contributions the biological sciences have to offer concerning the evolution of human society, behavior, and sense of identity. Among the key topics addressed are the nature of biological explanation, the relationship between genes and behavior, those aspects of behavior most likely to respond to natural selection, the relationship between evolution and learning, and some probable modes of interaction between cultural and biological evolution. By re-examining the role of biological explanation in the domain of social development, the author has significantly advanced a more well-rounded view of human evolution and shed new light on the perennial question of what it means to be human. His book will appeal to biologists, social scientists, traditional humanists, and interested general readers.

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Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature

By: Timothy H. Goldsmith,William F. Zimmerman

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Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature

By: Timothy H. Goldsmith,William F. Zimmerman

This book uses evolution as the unifying theme to trace the connections between levels of biological complexity from genes through nervous systems, animal societies, and human cultures. It examines the history of evolutionary theory from Darwin to the present, including: the impact of molecular biology and the emergence of evolutionary social theory.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471182192

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The Biological Roots of Human Nature

Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior

By: Timothy H. Goldsmith

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Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior

By: Timothy H. Goldsmith

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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The Biological Roots of Human Nature

The Biological Roots of Human Nature

Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature

Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature

The Biological Roots of Human Nature

The Biological Roots of Human Nature

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