Evolution and Human Behaviour

JOHN CARTWRIGHT is Senior Lecturer and Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Chester, where he teaches courses on evolutionary psychology, genetics and evolution and, animal behaviour. His research interests include Darwinism and the relationships between science and literature and he has published books and papers in these fields. His other most recent book (with B. Baker) is Literature and Science (2005) Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH Historical Introduction: Evolution and Theories of Mind and Behaviour, Darwin and After Darwinism, Inclusive Fitness and the Selfish Gene Sex, Sexual Selection and Life History Theory Foundations of Darwinian Psychology PART TWO: HUMAN EVOLUTIONAN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES The Evolution of Homo Sapiens Encephalisation and the Emergence of the Human Mind PART THREE: COGNITION AND EMOTION Modularity, Cognition and Reasoning Emotions PART FOUR: COOPERATION AND CONFLICT Kin Selection and Altruism Conflict Within Families and Other Groups PART FIVE: MATING AND MATE CHOICE Human Sexual Behaviour: Mating Systems and Mating Strategies Human Mate Choice: The Evolutionary Logic of Sexual Desire Incest Avoidance and the Westermarck Effect PART SIX: THE DISORDERED MIND Mental Disorders: Some Theoretical Approaches Mental Disorders: Some Case Studies PART SEVEN: WIDER CONTEXTS The Evolution of Culture: Genes and Memes Ethics Epilogue: The Use and Abuse of Evolutionary Theory