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020 _a9781316335482 (ebook)
020 _z9781107114760 (hardback)
020 _z9781107535329 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aGN281
_b.V348 2015
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100 1 _aVannelli, Ron,
_d1938-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe evolution of human sociability :
_bdesires, fears, sex and society /
_cRon Vannelli.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 315 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aHow do desires and fears motivate human sociability? What effect do these motivators have on reproductive, social and political behaviour? And, crucially, how might we understand them separate from preconceived notions of design or higher morality? Taking these questions as a focus, this book examines human evolution with the emphasis on sexual selection and the evolution of a number of human psychological processes. Exploring evolutionary, sexual and maturational processes, along with primate, fossil and geological evidence, Vannelli argues that human nature can be conceptualised as species-typical desires and fears, derived from sexual selection during human evolution, and that these are major motivators of behaviour. Presenting additional evidence from the anthropology of band societies, along with material from group behaviour, Vannelli highlights the importance of pair-bonding, friendship, alliance behaviour, vengeance seeking and interpersonal politics in social behaviour, providing a unique interdisciplinary framework for understanding human nature and the evolution of human sociability.
650 0 _aHuman evolution.
650 0 _aHuman behavior.
650 0 _aBehavior evolution.
650 0 _aSocial evolution.
650 0 _aCognition and culture.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107114760
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316335482
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