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This series is renowned throughout the world for its ingenious combination of graphic illustration and intelligent, precise text by leading academics on some of the most challenging subjects around. Drawing on the insights of evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology and more, this is an introduction to evolutionary psychology.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #238734 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Donald Symons, Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 21 (2000), Elsevier Science
" ... by making the fundamental tenets of evolutionary psychology accessible to a wide audience, Evans and Zarate perform an important service."

From the Author
A great beginner's guide to evolutionary psychology!
How did the mind evolve? How does the human mind differ from the minds of our ancestors, and from the minds of our nearest relatives, the apes? What are the universal features of the human mind, are why are they designed the way they are? If our minds are built by selfish genes, why are we so cooperative? Can the differences between male and female psychology be explained in evolutionary terms?

These questions are at the centre of a rapidly growing research program called evolutionary psychology. Drawing on the insights of evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology, as well as data from anthropology, primatology and archaeology, evolutionary psychologists are beginning to piece together the first truly scientific account of human nature.

Introducing Evolutionary Psychology is the perfect beginner's guide to this exciting new field. Brilliantly written by Dylan Evans, and superbly illustrated by award-winning comic artist Oscar Zarate, it offers a fascinating view of the history of the mind.

Customer Reviews

Bluff your way in Evolutionary psychology
This book is a very good introduction if you want to learn about the subject in an hour or so. It won't take you much longer to read it cover to cover.
As a consequence, if you already know anything at all about the subject, you are unlikely to learn anything new.
It is difficult to fault this book on this basis, since it does after all advertise itself as an introduction, but readers looking for even a moderate development of the ideas should look elsewhere.

It does exactly what it says on the cover
This is a very clear introduction to Evolutionary Psychology. Once you have digested it then you will be ready for the texts on the recommended reading list.

Well and appropriately illustrated.

Evolutionary Psychology is a new and exciting field.
Introducing Evolutionary Psychology by Dylan Evans and Oscar Zarate

Why are we what we are? What makes the minds of Apes different from those of Humans? What makes males and females different 'Psychologically'?

These are the questions that the relatively new field of Evolutionary Psychology is currently attempting to answer. It is a field that attempts to compare and combine the work of scientists from such diverse disciplines as psychology, anthropology and archaeology (amongst others). By doing so it offers new and convincing explanations for what exactly it means to be a Human.

The narrative of this book is thoroughly engrossing and together with the excellent illustrations of Oscar Zarate, this book provides a good introduction to this complex and constantly 'Evolving' science.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys short, succinct and informative books!