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  1. Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory

    Edited by Steven Mithen

    We live in a world surrounded by remarkable cultural achievements of human kind. Almost every day we hear of new innovations in technology, in medicine and in the arts which remind us that humans are capable of remarkable creativity. But what is human creativity? The modern world provides a tiny...

    Published September 9th 1998 by Routledge

  2. Maternal Personality, Evolution and the Sex Ratio

    Do Mothers Control the Sex of the Infant?

    By Valerie J. Grant

    Women who are dominant are more likely to have sons. Demographic studies show that more male children are born after wars, yet most people believe that their baby's sex is a matter of chance - determined by the father's sperm. Valerie Grant presents evidence that the mother's personality - which is...

    Published January 14th 1998 by Routledge

  3. Straight Science? Homosexuality, Evolution and Adaptation

    By Jim McKnight

    A genetic basis for homosexuality has been all but proved, yet Darwinism, the most widely accepted evolutionary theory, emphasises successful reproduction. How do we explain a lifetime preference for non-reproductive sex? Whilst social constructionism offers explanations in terms of social learning...

    Published August 13th 1997 by Routledge

  4. Women In Human Evolution

    Edited by Lori Hager

    This volume, the first of it's kind, examines the role of women paleontologists and archaeologists in a field traditionally dominated by men. Women researchers in this field, have questioned many of the assumptions and developmental scenarios advanced by male scientists. As a result of such efforts...

    Published April 23rd 1997 by Routledge

  5. Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self

    By John C. Eccles

    Sir John Eccles, a distinguished scientist and Nobel Prize winner who has devoted his scientific life to the study of the mammalian brain, tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as human persons possessed of reflective...

    Published March 13th 1991 by Routledge

  6. Behavioral Evolution and Integrative Levels

    The T.c. Schneirla Conferences Series, Volume 1

    Edited by G. Greenberg, E. Tobach

    Series: T.C. Schneirla Conferences Series

    Published July 31st 1984 by Psychology Press

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