1
Q
What is evolutionary theory?
A
All organisms are products of lengthy
processes of modification generally from
simple to more complex forms
2
Q
Adaptations
A
Modifications that help an organism survive and reproduce
3
Q
Human behavioural ecology
A
Focus on present adaptive responses to
current environment (no claims about
evolutionary history, but leads to them)
4
Q
Gene-culture co-evolution
A
Social learning and adaptations for social
learning play important and unrecognized
roles in evolutionary processes
5
Q
Evolutionary psychology
A
Our basic psychology is a set of
adaptations to hunter-gatherer life some
750,000 to maybe 100,000 years ago
