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  • Rethinking Human Adaptation

    Biological And Cultural Models

    by Rada Dyson-hudson, Michael A. Little, Eric Alden Smith ...
    Most anthropologists agree that a comprehension of adaptation and adaptive processes is central to an understanding of human biological and behavioural systems. However, there is little agreement among archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, and human biologists as to what adaptation means and how it should be analyzed. Because of this lack of a common underlying theory, method, and perspective, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior

    by Eric Alden Smith ...
    Series series Foundations of Human Behavior
    ""à required reading for anyone interested in the economy, ecology, and demography of human societies."" --American Journal of Human Biology ""This excellent book can serve both as a text¼book and as a scholarly reference."" --American Scientist ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Environmental Social Sciences

    Methods and Research Design

    Edited by Ismael Vaccaro, Eric Alden Smith, Shankar Aswani ...
    The relationship between human communities and the environment is extremely complex. In order to resolve the issues involved with this relationship, interdisciplinary research combining natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities is necessary. In this 2010 book, specialists summarise methods and research strategies for various aspects of social research devoted to environmental issues. Each ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • The Secret of Our Success

    How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

    by Joseph Henrich ...
    How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosperHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

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  • The Intelligence Paradox

    Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One

    by Satoshi Kanazawa ...
    A book that challenges common misconceptions about the nature of intelligenceSatoshi Kanazawa's Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters (written with Alan S. Miller) was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "a rollicking bit of pop science that turns the lens of evolutionary psychology on issues of the day." That book answered such burning questions as why women tend to lust after males who already ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Archaeology of Human Ancestry

    Power, Sex and Tradition

    Edited by Stephen Shennan, James Steele ...
    Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors?The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists and biological anthropologists set out and demonstrate ... Read more

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  • Evolutionary Psychology

    An Introduction

    by Lance Workman, Will Reader ...
    While evolutionary psychology is a fascinating science, it is also often misunderstood. In this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook, Workman and Reader assume no prior knowledge of evolution and instead carefully guide students towards a level of understanding where they can critically apply evolutionary theory to psychological explanation. The authors provide an engaging and balanced ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Braintrust

    What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality

    by Patricia S. Churchland ...
    A provocative new account of how morality evolvedWhat is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Gene Worship

    Moving Beyond the Nature/ Nurture Debate Over Genes, Brain and Gender

    by Gisela Kaplan, Lesley J. Rogers ...
    "A wonderful antidote to the gene hysteria that is now so dominant! . . . What is most exciting about this book is the authors' ability to move seamlessly from research on how the brain works, to sociology, history, and philosophy. And that, I believe, is exactly how we need to understand gender--neither nature nor nurture, but a complex interplay." - Dr. Lynda Birke, author of Feminism and the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Feeling of Risk

    New Perspectives on Risk Perception

    by Paul Slovic ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    The Feeling of Risk brings together the work of Paul Slovic, one of the world's leading analysts of risk, to describe the extension of risk perception research into the first decade of this new century.In this collection of important works, Paul Slovic explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. He also examines the ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Home

    How Habitat Made Us Human

    by John S Allen ...
    A leading anthropologist studies the science behind "feeling at home" to show us how home made us humanHome is where the heart is. Security, comfort, even love, are all feelings that are centered on the humble abode. But what if there is more to the feeling of being at home? Neuroanthropologist John S. Allen believes that the human habitat is one of the most important products of human cognitive, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2

    Integrations

    Edited by David M. Buss ...
    A complete exploration of the real-world applications and implications of evolutionary psychologyThe exciting and sometimes controversial science of evolutionary psychology is becoming increasingly relevant to more fields of study than ever before. The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2, Integrations provides students and researchers with new insight into how EP draws from, and is ... Read more

    $186.00 USD