Description
| Product ID: | 9780195093933 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Biological Roots of Human Nature |
| Subtitle: | Forging Links between Evolution and Behavior |
| Authors: | Author: Timothy H. Goldsmith |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Sociology and anthropology, Sociology & anthropology, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Evolution, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Evolution |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This is a short, stimulating book on the relevance of biological evolution to the study of behaviour. Goldsmith argues that anyone studying the social behaviour of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause - the physiology, biochemistry, and social mechanisms of behaviour - and ultimate cause - how the behaviour came to exist in evolutionary time. A short, stimulating book on the relevance of biological evolution to the study of behaviour. Goldsmith argues that anyone studying the social behaviour of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause - the physiology, biochemistry, and social mechanisms of behaviour, and the ultimate cause - how the behaviour came to exist in evolutionary time. Many of the confusing and misunderstood elements of sociobiology are clearly explained for the general reader. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-05-25 |
