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12648 (v.2) Human Evolution 332



 

Area:School of Biomedical Science
Contact Hours:5.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Sociobiology versus other approaches to explaining behaviour are examined. Comparative primate social systems - the 'selfish gene' theory, inclusive fitness, reciprocal altruism, game theory. The theory of sex. Biological versus cultural determinism. Bioethics - concepts of equality for humans and animals. Spectra of behavioural adaptation - cultural-economic systems, including oldest recent surviving hunter-gatherer societies.

 

 

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