Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind

by Mark Schaller

Book Overview

An enormous amount of scientific research compels two fundamental conclusions about the human mind: The mind is the product of evolution; and the mind is shaped by culture. These two perspectives on the human mind are not incompatible, but, until recently, their compatibility has resisted rigorous scholarly inquiry. Evolutionary psychology documents many ways in which genetic adaptations govern the operations of the human mind. But evolutionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080585911X
• ISBN13: 9780805859119
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"