Green car to do to work? To remain permanently?
When can she begin working legally?
• The importance of The importance of cultureculture– Nature vs. nurtureNature vs. nurture
• Brain sizeBrain size• The Environment The Environment
of Evolutionary of Evolutionary Adaptedness Adaptedness (EEA)(EEA)
Studying human behavioral ecology
• Sexual Sexual behaviourbehaviour
• Parent-Parent-offspring offspring conflictconflict
– HomicideHomicide
Domains
• Usually serially Usually serially monogamousmonogamous
• PolygygnyPolygygny– … … and resource and resource
distributiondistribution– … … and size and size
dimorphismdimorphism
Mating systems
• Men prefer beauty, women Men prefer beauty, women resourcesresources
• Beauty across culturesBeauty across cultures– … … and FAand FA
Sexual selection I
Sexual selection II
Sex ratios at birth • “The United
States had a small army, but it drafted four million men and by summer 1918 was sending 10,000 fresh soldiers to France every day”
• In uteroIn utero• Crying Crying • Step-Step-
parents and parents and child abusechild abuse
Parent-offspring conflict
Mother’s age and infanticide
Child’s age and infanticide
Mother’s age and matricide
Risk taking and future discounting
• Optimal diet breadthOptimal diet breadth• Risk-sensitive foragingRisk-sensitive foraging• AggregationAggregation• AltruismAltruism• Honest signalingHonest signaling• Sensory ecologySensory ecology• ParasitismParasitism
Can BE help explain human behavior?
