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Evol. Hum. Behav. Evolution and Human Behavior is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in which evolutionary perspectives are brought to bear on the study of human behavior, ranging from evolutionary psychology to evolutionary anthropology and cultural evolution. It is primarily a scientific journal, but articles from ...
Evolutionary developmental psychology (EDP) is a research paradigm that applies the basic principles of evolution by natural selection, to understand the development of human behavior and cognition. It involves the study of both the genetic and environmental mechanisms that underlie the development of social and cognitive competencies, as well ...
Upper Paleolithic (16,000-year-old) cave painting from Lascaux cave in France. Pliocene before. v. t. e. Behavioral modernity is a suite of behavioral and cognitive traits believed to distinguish current Homo sapiens from other anatomically modern humans, hominins, and primates. [ 1] Most scholars agree that modern human behavior can be ...
Sexual selection is a biological way one sex chooses a mate for the best reproductive success. Most compete with others of the same sex for the best mate to contribute their genome for future generations. This has shaped human evolution for many years, but reasons why humans choose their mates are not fully understood.
ISBN. 978-0195101072. The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture is a 1992 book edited by the anthropologists Jerome H. Barkow and John Tooby and the psychologist Leda Cosmides. [1] First published by Oxford University Press, it is widely considered the foundational text of evolutionary psychology (EP), and outlines ...
Human behavioral ecology (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits, behaviors, and life histories of humans in an ecological context. One aim of modern human behavioral ecology is to ...
Behavior's Role in Evolution: Plotkin's book "The Role of Behavior in Evolution" underscored how behavior is not just an evolutionary outcome, but a key driver shaping trajectories. [10] This work influenced later research emphasizing animal agency in evolution through niche construction .
Evolutionary Psychology and Behavior Ecology Group. University of Liverpool. Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology. University of Portsmouth. Evolution and Behaviour Group and MSc Programme. Brunel University. Centre for Research in Evolutionary Anthropology. Roehampton University. Evolution and Social Interaction Research Group.