Evolution and the family
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How families have evolved
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What happens when you apply Darwin to human social structures? Ruth Mace explains the value of this approach.
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Transcript -- Evolution and the family
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
How families have evolved
What happens when you apply Darwin to human social structures? Ruth Mace explains the value of this approach.
Transcript -- How families have evolved
Transcript -- What happens when you apply Darwin to human social structures? Ruth Mace explains the value of this approach.
Dismantle the family with Darwinian tools
The comparative method can be used to investigate how culture relates to environment. The reproductive pattern of human females is a particularly interesting puzzle for evolutionary biologists.
Evolution and the human family - Audio
enApril 01, 2010
Transcript -- Dismantle the family with Darwinian tools
Transcript -- The comparative method can be used to investigate how culture relates to environment. The reproductive pattern of human females is a particularly interesting puzzle for evolutionary biologists.
Evolution and the human family - Audio
enApril 01, 2010
Why are families getting smaller?
The current decline in family size seems to contradict the Darwinian model of inclusive fitness but it can be explained as a tradeoff between the cost of bringing up children and the number of children in a family.
Transcript -- Why are families getting smaller?
Transcript -- The current decline in family size seems to contradict the Darwinian model of inclusive fitness but it can be explained as a tradeoff between the cost of bringing up children and the number of children in a family.
The limits of a Darwinian approach to the family
Does technology lead behaviour or does behaviour lead technology? Ruth Mace argues that the pill was invented to serve a Darwinian need.
Transcript -- The limits of a Darwinian approach to the family
Transcript -- Does technology lead behaviour or does behaviour lead technology? Ruth Mace argues that the pill was invented to serve a Darwinian need.