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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Foundations Of Evolutionary Psychology | |
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Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary | |
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PsychologyLandmarks in the History of Evolutionary | |
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Psychology Evolution before Darwin Darwin's | |
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Theory of Natural Selection Darwin's | |
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Theory of Sexual Selection | |
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The Role of Natural and Sexual Selection in Evolutionary | |
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Theory The Modern Synthesis | |
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Genes and Particulate Inheritance | |
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The Ethology Movement | |
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The Inclusive Fitness Revolution | |
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Clarifying Adaptation and Natural Selection | |
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Trivers's Seminal Theories | |
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The Sociobiology Controversy | |
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Common Misunderstandings About Evolutionary | |
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Theory Misunderstanding | |
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Human Behavior is Genetically Determined Misunderstanding | |
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If It's Evolutionary, Then We Can't Change It Misunderstanding | |
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Current Mechanisms are Optimally Designed | |
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Milestones in the Origins of Modern Humans | |
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Out of Africa versusMultiregional OriginsLandmarks in the Field of Psychology | |
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Freud's psychoanalytic theory Williams James and the Psychology of Instincts | |
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The Rise of Behaviorism | |
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The Astonishing Discoveries of Cultural Variability | |
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The Garcia effect, prepared fears, and decline of behaviorism Peering into the Black | |
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Box: The Cognitive RevolutionSummary | |
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The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | |
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The Origins of Human Nature | |
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Three Theories of the Origins of Adaptive Mechanisms | |
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The Three Products of Evolution | |
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Levels of Evolutionary Analysis in Evolutionary Psychology | |
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The Core of Human Nature | |
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Fundamentals of Evolved Psychological Mechanisms | |
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All Species Have a Nature | |
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Definition of an Evolved | |
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Psychological Mechanism Important Properties of Evolved | |
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Psychological Mechanisms | |
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Methods for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses | |
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Comparing Different Species | |
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Comparing Males and Females | |
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Comparing Individuals within a Species | |
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Comparing the Same Individuals in Different | |
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Contexts Experimental Methods | |
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Sources of Data for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses | |
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Archeological Records Data From Hunter-Gatherer | |
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Societies Observations Self-Reports | |
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Life-history Data and Public Records | |
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Human Products Transcending the Limitations of Single Data Sources | |
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Identifying the Adaptive Problems Guidance of Modern | |
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Evolutionary Theory Guidance from Knowledge of Universal | |
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Human Structures Guidance from Traditional Societies | |
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Guidance from the Paleoarcheology and Paleoanthropology | |
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Guidance from Current Mechanisms | |
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Guidance from Task Analysis Organization of Adaptive | |
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Problems | |
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Summary | |
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Problems Of Survival | |
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Survival Problems and Solutions | |
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Food Acquisition and Selection | |
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Food Selection in Rats Food Selection in Humans Sickness in Pregnant Women | |
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The Embryo Protection Hypothesis | |
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Why Humans Like Spices | |
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The Antimicrobial Hypothesis | |
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Why Humans Like to Drink Alcohol | |
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An Evolutionary Hangover? | |
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The Hunting Hypothesis | |
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The Gathering Hypothesis | |
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Comparing the Hunting and Gathering Hypotheses | |
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The Scavenging Hypothesis | |
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Adaptations to Gathering and Hunting | |
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Sex Differences in Specific Spatial Abilities | |
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Finding a Place to Live | |
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Shelter and Landscape | |
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Preferences | |
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The Savanna Hypothesis | |
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Combating Predators and Other Environmental Dangers | |
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Fears, Phobias, Anxieties, and "Evolutionary Memories" Most common human fears | |
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The Adaptive Conservation Hypothesis of Fears Children's | |
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Anti-Predator Adaptations Combating Disease | |
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Are Humans Programmed to Die? | |
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The Theory of Senescence | |
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The Puzzle of Suicide | |
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Summary | |
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Challenges Of Sex and Mating | |
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Women's Long-Term Mating Strategies | |
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Theoretical Background for the Evolution of Mate | |
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Preferences | |
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Asexual versus Sexual Reproduction Parental Investment and Sexual Selection | |
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Mate Preferences as Evolved Psychological Mechanisms | |
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The Content of Women's | |
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Mate Preferences | |
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Preference for Economic Resources | |
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Preference for Good Financial Prospects | |
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Preference for High Social Status | |
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Preference for Older Men | |
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Preference for Ambition and Industriousness | |
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Preference for Dependability and Stability | |
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Preference for Size and Strength | |
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Preference for Good Health and | |