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Evolution in Mind: An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Evolution in Mind An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology Author:Henry Plotkin We aren't very strong nor very fast, we have insufficient body hair to keep us warm and dry, and we will never eat bananas with our feet. But like our chimpanzee cousins, we, the naked apes, have evolved to flourish in our surroundings. For the human race, the criticial evolution of the past million years has been the evolution of our minds. ... more »Yet psychology has long been deeply ambivalent aobut Darwin's unsettling discoveries. In an accessible, level-headed overview, Henry Plotkin describes the new rapprochement called "evolutionary psychology." He examines how such a powerful theory as Darwinism could have been disregarded by much academic psychology and shows why the relationship between the two must be readdressed.« less