Précis of Darwin, sex and status: Biological approaches to mind and culture

Darwin, Sex and Status argues that a human sociobiology that mistakes evolutionary theory for theories of psychology and culture is wrong, as are psychologies that could never have evolved or social sciences that posit impossible psychologies. Status develops theories of human self-awareness, cognit...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 1991-06, Vol.14 (2), p.295-301
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Sexual selection
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Social Development
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Cognition
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Evolution
Evolutionary Theories
genes
goals
human nature
maladaptation
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Sexual selection
sexuality
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