Essential building blocks of human nature
To understand why we humans are as we are, it is necessary to look at the essential building blocks that comprise our nature. The foundations of this structure are our evolutionary origins as primates and our social roots. Upon these rest features such as our emotions, language and aesthetic prefere...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Édition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Collection: | The Frontiers Collection
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Essential building blocks of human nature, edited by Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ., Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelbergs, 2011, 1 vol. (158 p.), The Frontiers Collection, 978-3-642-13967-3 • Essential building blocks of human nature, edited by Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ., Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelbergs, 2011, 1 vol. (158 p.), The Frontiers Collection, 978-3-642-13967-3 • Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature, Texte imprimé, 9783642139697 • Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature, Texte imprimé, 9783662519356 |
Table des matières:
- Our Origins: How and Why We Do and Do Not Differ from Primates; Peter Kappeler Our Children: Parental Decisions - How Much to Invest in Your Offspring; Mary K. Shenk Our Social Roots: How Local Ecology Shapes our Social Structures; Ruth Mace Our Selections and Decisions: Inherent Features of the Nervous System?; Frank Rösler Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds; Benjamin G. Purzycki and Richard Sosis Our Preferences: Why We Like What We Like; Karl Grammer and Elisabeth Oberzaucher Our Appetite for Information: Invented Environment, Non-Transparent Mind, and Evolved Preferences; Matthias Uhl Our Best Shot at Truth: Why Humans Evolved Mathematical Abilities; Niklas Krebs Our Way to Understand the World: Darwin s Controversial Inheritance; Michael Schmidt-Salomon Index