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The past decade has seen an upsurge of interest in the application of evolutionary thinking to the study of human behavior. This introductory book provides an overview of the key theoretical principles of human sociobiology and evolutionary psychology and shows how they illuminate the ways humans think and behave. The book takes as one of its main premises the idea that we think, feel, and act in ways that once enhanced the reproductive success of our ancestors. The book covers fundamental issues such as the origins and function of sexual reproduction, mating behavior, human mate choice, patterns of violence in families, altruistic behavior, the evolution of brain size and the origins of language, the modular mind, and the relationship between genes and culture. It also examines the larger implications of Darwinism for how we view ourselves as a species and our sense of ourselves as a moral animal. The book includes a valuable historical introduction to evolutionary theories of behavior and concludes with an examination of the social and political ramifications of evolutionary thought. It contains numerous diagrams and illustrations, comprehensive references, summaries, and suggestions for further reading.

Evolutionary psychology --- Darwin, Charles

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Evolutionary psychology --- Human evolution --- Psychologie évolutionniste. --- Homme --- Evolution

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Evolutionary psychology. --- Développement --- Génétique --- Ontogenèse --- Phylogenèse --- Développement --- Génétique --- Ontogenèse --- Phylogenèse --- Genetic psychology. --- Human evolution. --- Psychologie évolutionniste. --- Psychologie génétique. --- Homme --- Évolution.

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Language has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo sapiens, it appears inseparable from human nature. But how, when and why did it emerge? The contributors to this volume - linguists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists, and others - adopt a modern Darwinian perspective which offers a bold synthesis of the human and natural sciences. As a feature of human social intelligence, language evolution is driven by biologically anomalous levels of social cooperation. Phonetic competence correspondingly reflects social pressures for vocal imitation, learning, and other forms of social transmission. Distinctively human social and cultural strategies gave rise to the complex syntactical structure of speech. This book, presenting language as a remarkable social adaptation, testifies to the growing influence of evolutionary thinking in contemporary linguistics. It will be welcomed by all those interested in human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology, and general linguistics.

Biological anthropology. Palaeoanthropology --- Historical linguistics --- Human evolution --- Linguistic anthropology --- Language and languages --- Origin --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Anthropological linguistics. --- Human evolution. --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Origin of languages --- Speech --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Origin. --- Language and languages - Origin

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How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The essays focus especially on issues to do with modularity of mind, the evolution and significance of natural language, and the evolution of our capacity for meta-cognition (thought about thought), together with its implications for consciousness. The editors have provided an introduction that lays out the background to the questions which the essays address, and a consolidated bibliography that will be a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.

Genetic psychology --- Modularity (Psychology) --- Metacognition --- Psycholinguistics --- Evolutionary psychology --- Psychologie génétique --- Modularité (Psychologie) --- Métacognition --- Psycholinguistique --- Psychologie évolutionniste. --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Psychologie génétique --- Modularité (Psychologie) --- Métacognition --- Psychologie évolutionniste. --- Congrès --- Cerveau --- Langage --- Ontogenèse --- Phylogenèse --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy --- Meta knowledge --- Metamemory --- Cognition --- Self-control --- Self-perception --- Faculty psychology --- Modules (Psychology) --- Human information processing --- Human genetics --- Psychology --- Genetic psychology. --- Psychologie génétique. --- Modularité (psychologie)