Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You : Busting Myths about Human Nature.
by
 
Fuentes, Agustín.

Title
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You : Busting Myths about Human Nature.

Author
Fuentes, Agustín.

ISBN
9780520951679

Publication Information
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

Physical Description
1 online resource (291 pages)

Abstract
There are three major myths of human nature: humans are divided into biological races; humans are naturally aggressive; men and women are truly different in behavior, desires, and wiring. In an engaging and wide-ranging narrative Agustín Fuentes counters these pervasive and pernicious myths about human behavior. Tackling misconceptions about what race, aggression, and sex really mean for humans, Fuentes incorporates an accessible understanding of culture, genetics, and evolution requiring us to dispose of notions of "nature or nurture." Presenting scientific evidence from diverse fields, inclu.

Subject Term
Behavior evolution.
 
Human behavior.
 
Human evolution.
 
Social evolution.
 
Physical anthropology.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn993


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