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Introduction
1.1 A Short History of Anthropology
1.2 The Four Field Approach
1.3 A Living Discipline
1.4 Review Questions
1.5 References and Attributions
2.1 The Process of Science
2.2 The Scientific Method
2.3 Methods and Data
2.4 Ethnographic Analogies
2.5 WEIRD Societies
2.6 Ethics of Research
2.7 Review Questions
2.8 References and Attributions
3.1 The History of Evolutionary Theory
3.2 Exercise: The Punnett Square
3.3 Early Genetics and the Modern Synthesis
3.4 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
3.5 Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
3.6 Life History Theory
3.7 How Evolutionary Theory Impacts Behavior
3.8 Tinbergen's Four Questions
3.9 Exercise: Using Tinbergen
3.10 Updating Tinbergen: Bergman and Beehner
3.11 Review Questions
3.12 References and Attributions
4.1 Classifying Life
4.2 The Primate Order
4.3 The Great Apes
4.4 Great Ape Social Systems
4.5 From Apes to Humans
4.6 The Genus Homo
4.7 Brains, Tools, and Culture
4.8 Hunting or Scavenging
4.9 The Emergence of Us: Fully Modern Humans
Side Thought: Do Other Apes Have Gender?
4.10 Review Questions
4.11 References and Attributions
5.1 Approaches to Studying Cognition
5.2 Signals and Traits
5.3 Behavior as a Cognitive Signal
PRACTICE: Tinbergen and Anxiety
5.4 Evolving Social Cognition
5.5 Other Evolved, Cognitive Traits
5.6 Self-Awareness and Consciousness
5.6 Continued Evolution
5.7 Extending the Human Brain
5.8 Review Questions
5.9 References and Attributions
6.1 Mechanism of Emotions
6.2 Anthropomorphism in Emotion Research
6.3 Evolutionary Mismatch
6.4 The “Disordered” Mind
6.5 Emotional Contagion
6.6 Contagion as Social Cohesion
6.7 Review Questions
6.8 References and Attributions
7.1 Selection for Adaptations
7.2 Types of Adaptations
7.3 Culture as a Behavioral Adaptation
7.4 Gene-Culture Coevolution
7.5 Review Questions
7.6 References and Attributions
9.1 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
9.2 Sexual Selection
9.3 Signaling to Potential Mates
9.4 Primate Sex Differences
9.5 Mate Choice in Humans
9.6 Incest Avoidance
9.7 After the Match
9.8 Marital Systems
9.9 Review Questions
9.10 References and Attributions
10.1 Parental Investment
10.2 Kin Selection
PRACTICE: Hamilton’s Rule
10.3 Cooperative Breeding
10.5 Voluntary Childlessness
10.4 Demographic Influences
10.6 Review Questions
10.7 References and Attributions
11.1 Ecological Relationships
11.2 Reciprocity
11.3 Cooperation
11.4 Reciprocal Altruism
11.5 Review Questions
11.6 References and Attributions
12.1 Optimal Foraging Theory
12.2 Homo economicus
12.3 Evolution of Food Sharing
12.4 The Social Dilemma
12.5 Tragedy of the Commons
12.6 Human Cooperation and Resource Sharing
12.7 The Prisoner’s Dilemma
12.8 Review Questions
12.9 References and Attributions
13.1 Is Morality Human?
13.2 It Takes Cooperation to Conflict
13.3 What About “Alpha” Males?
13.4 A Word About War
13.5 Review Questions
13.6 References and Attributions
14.1 Grandparents
14.2 Aging and Senescence
14.3 Reproductive Decline as We Age
14.4 Disease
14.5 Evolved Mechanisms for Dealing with Disease
14.6 Review Questions
14.7 References and Attributions
Glossary of Terms and Concepts
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