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

Goldsmith, Timothy H.

 
9780195062885: The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195062884 ISBN 13 : 9780195062885
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1991

Synopsis

This monograph argues that biology has a great deal to say that should be of interest to social scientists, historians, philosophers and humanists in general. The author believes that anyone studying the social behaviour of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause - the physiology, biochemistry and social mechanisms of behaviour - and ultimate cause - how the behaviour came to exist in evolutionary time. Goldsmith, a neurobiologist, draws examples from neurobiology, psychology, and ethology (behavioural evolution). The result is a work that attempts to overcome many of the misconceptions that have hindered the contributions that biological sciences have to offer concerning the evolution of human society, behaviour and sense of identity. By re-examining the role of biological explanation in the domain of social development, the author advances a view of human evolution and sheds light on the perennial question of what it means to be human.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195062884
ISBN 13 
9780195062885
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
175
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780195093933: The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195093933 ISBN 13 :  9780195093933
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1995
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