Online Courses Handbook 2003

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.