PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Genetic Drift, Evolutionary Psychology, Sexual Selection
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1859, charles darwin published on the origin of species and fundamentally changed our understanding of biology, where all living things are subject to selection. Evolutionary psychology: attempts to apply the principles of adaptation and selection to human behaviour. The discovery of evolutionary theory is generally credited to both charles darwin and alfred russel wallace. The development of this theory was made independently by these two researchers, both of whom were naturalists with interests in geology. Earth was far older than previously thought, and the forces that were active in shaping the earth as we know it are still active and will continue to produce changes in the future. Food supplies affect populations, to what would become the staple of evolutionary theory (survival of the fittest) Historical theory of evolution: variation, inheritance, and differential reproduction.
