Oxford Univ Pr 2011 Softcover New 2nd edition. 264 pages. 9.13x5.98x0.94 inches.

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2011. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 264 pages. 9.13x5.98x0.94 inches. 2011. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0199586969 9780199586967 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199586969, ISBN13: 9780199586967, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover 2011. 2nd Edition. Paperback. This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAL; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 0199586969, ISBN13: 9780199586967, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. But the legitimacy of this exercise is at the centre of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and psychologists are optimistic that evolutionary principles can be applied to human behaviour, and have offered evolutionary explanations for awide range of human characteristics, such as homicide, religion and sex differences in behaviour. Others are sceptical of these interpretations. Moreover, researchers disagree as to the best ways to useevolution to explore humanity, and a number of schools have emerged. Sense and Nonsense provides an introduction to the ideas, methods and findings of five such schools, namely, sociobiology, human behavioural ecology, evolutionary psychology, cultural evolution, and gene-culture co-evolution. In this revised and updated edition of their successful monograph, Laland and Brown provide a balanced, rigorous analysis that scrutinizes both the evolutionary arguments and the allegationsof the critics, carefully guiding the reader through the mire of confusing terminology, claim and counter-claim, and polemical statements. This readable and informative introductory book will be ofuse to undergraduate and ...
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Oxford University Press, Date: 2011-06-04. Paperback. Good. Textbook, May Have Highlights, Notes and/or Underlining, BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE, NO CD, Ships with Emailed Tracking 2011. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199586969 9780199586967 [US]

ISBN10: 0199586969, ISBN13: 9780199586967, [publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS] Softcover
[Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 0199586969, ISBN13: 9780199586967, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2011]