TY - BOOK ID - 87173489 TI - Evolution and human culture : texts and contexts AU - Tague, Gregory F. AU - Brill-Rodopi PY - 2016 SN - 9789004305366 900430536X 9004319484 9789004319486 PB - Leiden Boston Brill-Rodopi DB - UniCat KW - Ethics, Evolutionary KW - Culture. KW - Cognition KW - Aesthetics KW - Morale évolutive KW - Culture KW - Esthétique KW - Ethics, Evolutionary. KW - Cognition. KW - Aesthetics. KW - Radio broadcasting Aesthetics KW - Psychology KW - Cultural sociology KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - Ethics, Naturalistic KW - Evolutionary ethics KW - Naturalistic ethics KW - Ethics KW - Ethical relativism KW - Social aspects UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:87173489 AB - Evolution and Human Culture argues that values, beliefs, and practices are expressions of individual and shared moral sentiments. Much of our cultural production stems from what in early hominins was a caring tendency, both the care to share and a self-care to challenge others. Topics cover prehistory, mind, biology, morality, comparative primatology, art, and aesthetics. The book is valuable to students and scholars in the arts, including moral philosophers, who would benefit from reading about scientific developments that impact their fields. For biologists and social scientists the book provides a window into how scientific research contributes to understanding the arts and humanities. The take-home point is that culture does not transcend nature; rather, culture is an evolved moral behavior. ER -