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... human behavior , by the distinguished anthropologist Marshall Sahlins . For Sahlins and many others , two aspects of human behavior are taken as convincing evidence that human behavior has not evolved to promote the survival of the ...
... human behavior , by the distinguished anthropologist Marshall Sahlins . For Sahlins and many others , two aspects of human behavior are taken as convincing evidence that human behavior has not evolved to promote the survival of the ...
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... human cultures . We begin with the realization that cultures are the product of neural machinery within the human skull . Cultural practices are learned behaviors , transmitted from one generation to the next through tradition ...
... human cultures . We begin with the realization that cultures are the product of neural machinery within the human skull . Cultural practices are learned behaviors , transmitted from one generation to the next through tradition ...
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... human behavior , as shown by the bewildering array of cultural practices and the rapid change in culturally transmitted patterns of behavior within historical times . The plasticity of human behavior has persuaded many social scientists ...
... human behavior , as shown by the bewildering array of cultural practices and the rapid change in culturally transmitted patterns of behavior within historical times . The plasticity of human behavior has persuaded many social scientists ...
Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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