Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology ELGV EAN: 9781260085242

EAN: 9781260085242

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This edited volume helps to fill a gap in the existing literature in two respects: contrary to many implementation studies

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology ELGV EAN: 9781260085242Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient problems, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with the problems people face in the modern world. Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of altruism, moral behavior, family