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Each chapter concludes with “Summary,” | |
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“Questions for Review,” | |
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“Mind and Body Experiments,” and “Suggested Readings.” | |
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Goals and Foundations | |
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Philosophical and Scientific Approaches to the Study of Human Behavior | |
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Evolutionary Biology | |
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The Growth of Natural Selection Theory | |
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The Mechanism of Natural Selection | |
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The Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution | |
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Sociobiology | |
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Evolutionary Biology in Time and Space | |
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Principals of Paleobiology | |
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Classification and Taxonomy | |
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The Species Concept in Time and Space | |
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The Social Sciences and Evolutionary Psychology | |
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A Methodology for Evolutionary Psychology | |
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Mammals and Nonhuman Primates | |
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Geology and Evolution | |
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The Emergence of Mammals | |
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Interpreting the Fossil Record | |
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Vertebrates, Mammals, and Primates | |
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The Rise of Mammals | |
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The Primates | |
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Hominoids (Apes and Hominids) | |
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Hominid Evolution | |
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Hominid Bipedalism | |
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Theories for the Rise of Bipedalism | |
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The Australopithecines | |
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The Evolution of the GenusHomo | |
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Neanderthals | |
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Anatomically ModernHomo sapiens | |
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The Neolithic | |
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The Origins of Cultural Complexity | |
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Hunters and Gatherers and Cultural Universals | |
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A Brief Survey of the Characteristics of Recent Hunters and Gatherers | |
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Cultural Universals and Alleged Exceptions | |
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The Triune and Bicameral Brain | |
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Major Debates in Attempts to Understand the Brain | |
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Sexual Dimorphism in the Brain | |
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Consciousness | |
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Language and Communication | |
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Communication | |
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A Definition of Language | |
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Nonhuman Primate Experiments | |
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Cetaceans Studies | |
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The Origin of Language | |
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The Antiquity of Languages | |
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Individual Language Acquisition | |
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Language and Society | |
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Other Forms of Communication | |
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Music, Dancing, and Art | |
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Physical Touch | |
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Sex, Reproduction, and Love | |
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Human Reproductive Strategy | |
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The Mystery of the Orgasm | |
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Pair Bonding and Pair Breaking | |
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Sociosexual Regulation of Copulation | |
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Homosexuality | |
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Rape | |
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Love | |
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Freudian Thought | |
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Sex and Sociobiology | |
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Intelligence, Learning, and Memory | |
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IQ Tests | |
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Modern Scientific Studies of Intelligence | |
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Memory and Learning | |
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Interspecies Comparisons of Intelligence and Memory | |
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Behavioral Plasticity | |
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Sleep and Dreams | |
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Body Cycles and Rhythms | |
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Sleep | |
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Dreams | |
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The Meaning and Function of Dreams | |
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The Bottom Line | |
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The Past | |
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The Present | |
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The Future | |
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On Philosophers and the Infinite | |
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The Organic and the Superorganic- Admonitions about Rain Gods | |
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Table 10-1: The Bottom Line | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |