A new synthesis
Resituating approaches to the evolution of human behaviour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2265207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Fuentes (0000-0003-0955-8214, University of Notre Dame, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 12-17 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00667.x |
| OpenAlex | W1997604453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 26 |
Most anthropologists would agree that humans are simultaneously historical, biological, behavioral, and social. However, many researchers retain a relatively dualistic paradigm dividing anthropological questions into biological and/or social aspects. Many practitioners of Neo-Darwinian perspectives prioritize natural selection in all explanations of human evolution. Many other anthropologists refuse to acknowledge a significant role for biological features and biological histories in human action, sensation, and engagement. Both perspectives are misplaced. Incorporating emerging perspectives in evolutionary theory into the broader anthropological discourse may help discard simplistic dualisms and resituate our assessments of the evolution of human behavior. In this essay I review three major emergent themes in evolutionary theory; Multi-Inheritance Systems Theory, Developmental Systems Theory, and Niche Construction. I suggest, with one brief example, that placing these elements in transaction with other perspectives in anthropology might enhance the possibilities of assessing human evolution and behavior
Biology · Cognitive science · Darwinism · Epistemology · Evolutionary anthropology · Evolutionary theory · Evolutionism · Human evolution · Natural selection · Niche construction · Social evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, Genetics, and Society · Ecology
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Entrevivendo em suspensão
Entangled Realms
Elements of Ritual and Violence
The contribution of primatology to anthropology
Human Innovation and Primate Socialities How Culture Makes Us Human
Evolutionary Theory and the Ultimate–Proximate Distinction in the Human Behavioral Sciences
Why evolutionary biology needs anthropology
Discarding boundaries of flesh and sign
The new biological anthropology
Naturalcultural Encounters in Bali
Agency and Adaptation
Material Proximities and Hotspots
Evolution without Inheritance
The Rift between Science and Humanism
The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Ethnography, and the Human Niche
Genes, Culture, and Agriculture
Niche Construction through Cooperation
Niche Construction
Building a New Biocultural Synthesis
Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology
Social Components of Fitness in Primate Groups
Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition
Outline of a Theory of Practice
The Origins and Nature of Sociality
The Origin and Evolution of Cultures
What, if anything, is a Darwinian anthropology
The Logic of Practice
What, if anything, is a Darwinian anthropology
Patterns and Trends in Primate Pair Bonds
Neuroscientific approaches and applications within anthropology
Human pair‐bonds
The Humanity of Animals and the Animality of Humans
Evolution's Eye
It's Not All Sex and Violence
Introduction
Mirrors and Windows
Resolving the Anti-Antievolutionism Dilemma
The trouble with 'evolutionary biology
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |