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Evolutionary Psychology

Take seriously that the brain, like every other organ, was built by natural selection. Then ask: what cognitive architecture would such a brain have, and...

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Take seriously that the brain, like every other organ, was built by natural selection. Then ask: what cognitive architecture would such a brain have, and how would we recognise its workings? Key sections include: Evolutionary Psychology.; Leaf ii · Lede What evolutionary psychology claims.; Leaf iii · Origin Darwin's three books.; Leaf iv · the row Wilson's Sociobiology.; Leaf v · founding text Tooby, Cosmides, and the modular mind.; Leaf vi · concept What the EEA is.; Leaf vii · architecture How modular is the mind?; Leaf viii · the equation Hamilton's rule.; Leaf ix · second pillar Trivers's three papers.; Leaf x · empirical The cross-cultural mate study..

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  1. 01Evolutionary Psychology.
  2. 02Leaf ii · Lede What evolutionary psychology claims.
  3. 03Leaf iii · Origin Darwin's three books.
  4. 04Leaf iv · the row Wilson's Sociobiology.
  5. 05Leaf v · founding text Tooby, Cosmides, and the modular mind.
  6. 06Leaf vi · concept What the EEA is.
  7. 07Leaf vii · architecture How modular is the mind?
  8. 08Leaf viii · the equation Hamilton's rule.
  9. 09Leaf ix · second pillar Trivers's three papers.
  10. 10Leaf x · empirical The cross-cultural mate study.
  11. 11Leaf xi · SST Sexual Strategies Theory.
  12. 12Leaf xii · early synthesis Symons's Evolution of Human Sexuality.
  13. 13Leaf xiii · dark prediction The Cinderella effect.
  14. 14Leaf xiv · experiment Cosmides on social contracts.
  15. 15Leaf xv · sex differences Spatial cognition.
  16. 16Leaf xvi · prediction Paternity uncertainty and jealousy.
  17. 17Leaf xvii · adaptation Pathogen avoidance.
  18. 18Leaf xviii · the popularizer Pinker.
  19. 19Leaf xix · counter-argument The spandrel critique.
  20. 20Leaf xx · methodological Buller's Adapting Minds.
  21. 21Leaf xxi · the rival programme Gene-culture coevolution.
  22. 22Leaf xxii · the wins Where the evidence is strong.
  23. 23Leaf xxiii · the storms Where the evidence is weak.
  24. 24Leaf xxiv · standards Just-so versus testable.
  25. 25Leaf xxv · the molecular question Genes and behaviour.
  26. 26Leaf xxvi · the synthesizer Robert Sapolsky.
  27. 27Leaf xxvii · status The field in 2026.
  28. 28Leaf xxviii · books Twenty-four books.
  29. 29Leaf xxix · viewing Where to start.
  30. 30End of Specimen.
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