PSYB65H3 Lecture Notes - Zygosity, Genetic Drift, Meninges

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Evolution of humans selection: darwin"s theories tell us all living creatures been and continue subject to, evolutionary theory provides important insights into behaviours that also been. Evolutionary theory: few researchers applied principles of evolution to human behaviour. This new subject to selection pressures. research is very controversial: level of acceptance not yet achieved for evolutionary psychology, which attempts apply principles of adaptation and selection to human behaviour. Lack of acceptance of evolutionary psychology attributed to relative newness and difficulties that are inherent whenever new theory challenges accepted social views. We do not like thinking of ourselves as animals and being subject to laws of nature: discovery of evolutionary theory generally credited both charles darwin and. Important insights that allowed them produce the theory evolution. Ideas include the following: species: carolus linnaeus observed commonalities in structure among related, charles lyell and william smith supported notion earth was far older than previously thought. Primitive forms occurring in older strata of the earth.

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