Violent Evolution
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The Evolution Of Violence
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Author : Todd K. Shackelford
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-09
The Evolution Of Violence written by Todd K. Shackelford and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-09 with Psychology categories.
This volume is an interdisciplinary exploration of our understanding of the causes and consequences of violence. Represented in its chapters are noted scholars from a variety of fields including psychology, anthropology, law, and literature. The contributions reflect a broad scope of inquiry and diverse levels of analysis. With an underlying evolutionary theme each of the contributors invoke their separate areas of expertise, offering empirical and theoretical insights to this complex subject. The multi-faceted aspect of the book is meant to engender new perspectives that will synthesize current knowledge and lead to a more nuanced understanding of an ever timely issue in human behavior. Of additional interest, is a foreword written by world renowned psychologist, Steven Pinker, and an afterword by noted evolutionary scholar, Richard Dawkins.
Violent Evolution
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Author : Hilmar Bender
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-12-10
Violent Evolution written by Hilmar Bender and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-10 with categories.
The Goodness Paradox
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Author : Richard Wrangham
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2019-01-29
The Goodness Paradox written by Richard Wrangham and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-29 with Science categories.
“A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical forebears, and contemporary neighbors.” —Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature We Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the nastiest. What occurred during human evolution to account for this paradox? What are the two kinds of aggression that primates are prone to, and why did each evolve separately? How does the intensity of violence among humans compare with the aggressive behavior of other primates? How did humans domesticate themselves? And how were the acquisition of language and the practice of capital punishment determining factors in the rise of culture and civilization? Authoritative, provocative, and engaging, The Goodness Paradox offers a startlingly original theory of how, in the last 250 million years, humankind became an increasingly peaceful species in daily interactions even as its capacity for coolly planned and devastating violence remains undiminished. In tracing the evolutionary histories of reactive and proactive aggression, biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham forcefully and persuasively argues for the necessity of social tolerance and the control of savage divisiveness still haunting us today.
Violent Evolution
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Author : Hilmar Bender
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Violent Evolution written by Hilmar Bender and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
The Origins Of Violence By Cultural Evolution
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Author : Piero P. Giorgi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Origins Of Violence By Cultural Evolution written by Piero P. Giorgi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Violence categories.
Human Evolution And Male Aggression
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language : en
Publisher: Cambria Press
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Human Evolution And Male Aggression written by and has been published by Cambria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Evolutionary Perspectives On Violence Homicide And War
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Author : Todd K. Shackelford
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2012-08-23
The Oxford Handbook Of Evolutionary Perspectives On Violence Homicide And War written by Todd K. Shackelford and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-23 with History categories.
This volume synthesizes the theoretical and empirical work of leading scholars in the evolutionary sciences to produce an extensive and authoritative review of this literature.
Human Evolution And Male Aggression
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Author : Anne Innis Dagg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Human Evolution And Male Aggression written by Anne Innis Dagg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with SOCIAL SCIENCE categories.
Popular and scientific literature is still permeated with male aggression as a product of long evolution. The fact that violent aggression appears in the archeological records less than half as long ago as artistic expression should give pause to any student of human behavior. Humans are nothing like apes--chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, or orangutans which developed their mating systems independently from humans, and from each other. Chimpanzees have a promiscuous mating system, bonobos are completely hedonistic, gorillas have a harem system, and orangutans are essentially solitary. In those species, males may compete with each other, so aggression can occur. Gibbons would be a better model for human behavior because they live in nuclear families (several ages of dependant offspring living with adults for many years) and are never aggressive toward each other. Nuclear families are intimately tied to peaceful living because, once established, there is no need for aggression, except for defence of territory against outsiders. Although male aggression is a sad fact of modern society, factors other than genetic heritage should be examined to explain this. This book reviews the recent advances in the knowledge of human evolution that have greatly changed our conceptions. It has been uncovered that humans are nothing like chimpanzees, and far less like baboons. Early humans never knuckle-walked, left the jungle for the savannah where they roamed widely in dispersed populations, and for more than four million years lived in small groups or relatively peaceable societies with fathers raising children and joining with other adult males for community projects. Human Evolution and Male Aggression dispels misconceptions based on flawed interpretations of biology and behavior. It tells the compelling story of the human male's peaceful past. It summarizes recent advances in understanding of bones, brains, hormones, and genetics that reveals humans for who they are. In reviewing the behavior of other primate males and their relationship to females and infants, it sets the stage for a new paradigm of male behaviour--one in which aggression, though possible, is suppressed most of the time in favor of affiliative behaviors that benefit females, infants, and society as a whole. Encompassing topics relevant to biological and social sciences, this book will be of interest to students of primatology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and human behaviour.
Demonic Males
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Author : Richard W. Wrangham
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1996
Demonic Males written by Richard W. Wrangham and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Nature categories.
Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can be done about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, "Demonic Males" offers some startling new answers to these questions.
Evolutionary Psychology And Violence
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Author : Richard W. Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2003-03-30
Evolutionary Psychology And Violence written by Richard W. Bloom and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-30 with Political Science categories.
Each chapter in this volume poses a public policy issue related to violence, describes aspects of evolutionary psychology that are relative, and then posits public policy recommendations based on this psychological model. Topics covered also include psychopathy, despotism, and suicide bombings. This volume is designed as an accessible way for policymakers outside of academia to learn about new theoretical developments. Evolutionary psychology—a relatively new theoretical model of psychology—provides valuable and exciting insights on human violence and public policy issues related to human violence, from war and terrorism to rape and criminality. To this end, each chapter in this volume poses a public policy issues related to violence, describes aspects of evolutionary psychology that are relative and then posits public policy recommendations based on this psychological model. Topics covered also include psycopathy, despotism, and suicide bombings. This volume, designed as an accessible way for policymakers outside of academia to learn about new theoretical developments, also explodes the myths about evolutionary psychology, such as the false claim that it justifies immoral behavior or focuses only on humans' ugly underbelly. While appealing to policymakers across foundations and agencies, this collection will also interest scholars and teachers focused on evolutionary psychology, public policy, criminal justice, security, public affairs, sociology, and anthropology.