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Qui n'a jamais lu ou entendu que l'être humain est un « singe nu » ? Que l'agressivité, c'est dans les gènes ? L'intelligence, une affaire de neurones ? La vie amoureuse, une histoire d'hormones ? Ces quarante dernières années ont vu se multiplier ce type de discours « biologisant », au sein de quantité de livres et d'articles s'appuyant sur la renommée de savants médiatiques tels Jacques Monod, Henri Laborit, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Jean-Didier Vincent, Boris Cyrulnik… Les principaux porte-parole, les relais culturels, de ces discours souvent contradictoires méritaient une analyse qui aille au-delà de l'habituelle évocation des progrès de la science. C'est ce que propose cet ouvrage. Derrière l'accession du gène et du neurone au rang d'icônes culturelles, derrière l'appel pressant qui retentit de toutes parts à changer nos grilles de lecture afin de mieux comprendre le monde qui nous entoure se profilent certaines mutations profondes de la vie intellectuelle survenues en France depuis le début des années 1970, sur fond de reflux des pensées critiques et de retour en grâce des philosophies du « sujet ».
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This is a concise and student-friendly survey of the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology (EP) and the controversies that surround it. Evolutionary psychology is an approach to studying human behavior that is rooted in modern evolutionary theory. Firmly grounded in the theoretical and research literature of EP, the book addresses the core theories, approaches, applications, and current findings that comprise this discipline. It is unique in its interdisciplinary focus, which encompasses EPs impact on both psychological and non-psychological disciplines.
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Human evolution. --- Sociobiology. --- Race. --- Civilization, Western.
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Human evolution --- Meaning (Philosophy) --- Interpersonal relations --- Future life --- Evolution (Biology)
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Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood and into adulthood. The text critically reviews theory, assumptions, methods and literature, providing the dental histology background to anthropological studies of both growth rate and growth disruption. Chapters also examine existing studies of growth rate in the context of human evolution and primate development more generally, together with implications for life history. The final chapters consider how defects in the tooth development sequence shed light on the consequences of biological and social transitions, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of modern human development and cognition.
Dental anthropology. --- Teeth --- Human evolution. --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Evolution.
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Evolutionary psychology. --- Human evolution. --- Brain --- Language and languages --- Evolution. --- Origin. --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human evolution --- Evolution --- Origin --- Brain - Evolution --- Language and languages - Origin
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This book covers the psychological aspects of human evolution with a table of contents ranging from prehistoric times to modern days. Dunbar focuses on an aspect of evolution that has typically been overshadowed by the archaeological record: the biological, neurological, and genetic changes that occurred with each "transition" in the evolutionary narrative
Evolution. Phylogeny --- Developmental psychology --- Homme --- Évolution --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Évolution. --- Évolution.
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Human evolution --- Evolution --- History --- Homme --- Evolution --- Histoire --- Philosophy --- Philosophy --- Philosophy --- Evolution --- Philosophie --- Philosophie --- Philosophie
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The Story of the Human Body explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years, then it's normal to walk and run 9-15 kilometers a day to hunt and gather fresh food which is high in fibre, low in sugar, and barely processed. It's also normal to spend much of your time nursing, napping, making stone tools, and gossiping with a small band of people. Our twenty-first-century lifestyles, argues Dan Lieberman, are out of synch with our stone-age bodies. Never have we been so healthy and long-lived, but never, too, have we been so prone to a slew of problems that were, until recently, rare or unknown, from asthma, to diabetes, to - scariest of all - overpopulation. The Story of the Human Body asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history -both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies. How is the present-day state of the human body related to the past? And what is the human body's future?
Human body --- Human physiology --- Human evolution --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Hominidae --- Adaptation, Biological --- Human Body --- physiology
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