The evolution of human sociability : desires, fears, sex and society / Ron Vannelli.
How 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 examin...
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| Language: | English |
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2015.
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| Summary: | How 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316405895 1316405893 9781316406120 1316406121 9781316335482 1316335488 9781316407042 1316407047 131640658X 9781316406588 1316406814 9781316406816 1107535328 9781107535329 1316405435 9781316405437 1316406350 9781316406359 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781316335482 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 21, 2015). |