CONTENTS
List of Figures ix
List of Tables x
List of Boxes xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xix
Publisher’s Acknowledgements xxi
1 Darwin’s argument and three problems: heritability,
sexual selection and altruism 1
2 Evolutionary approaches to thought and behaviour 16
3 The natural history of humans 37
4 Brains, minds and consciousness 57
5 Cooperation and interdependence 81
6 Families and parenting 96
7 Mate selection 114
8 Competition, aggression and violence 129
9 Evolution and language 145
10 Evolution and abnormal psychology 162
11 Evolution and culture 179
12 Some problems with evolutionary approaches 195
Glossary 211
References 231
Index 252