Roots of Human Behavior (The Great Courses, 168) by Barbara King - 2001

Chantilly, Virginia: The Teaching Company. 2001. Audio CD. Near Fine. Twelve 30-minute lectures on six Audio CDs in As New original clamshell case along with an As New 56-page paperback Course Guidebook. CDs show only minor signs of prior use. Not from a library.

While human behavior is usually studied from the historical perspective of a few hundred years, anthropologists consider deeper causes for the ways we act. In this course, anthropologist Barbara J. King uses her wealth of research experience to open a window of understanding for you into the legacy left by our primate past. By looking for roots of human behavior in the behavior of monkeys, apes, and human ancestors, you explore such questions as: Are language and technology unique to humans? Have human love and loyalty developed from our primate cousins? Do ways in which human males and female s relate to each other come from our primate past? Have we inherited a biological tendency for aggression?

Contents: lecture 1. The four facets of anthropology -- lecture 2. Social bonds and family ties -- lecture 3. The journey away from mom -- lecture 4. Males and females, really so different? -- lecture 5. Sex and reproduction -- lecture 6. Tool making, of hammers and anvils -- lecture 7. Social learning and teaching -- lecture 8. Culture, what is it? who's got it? -- lecture 9. Dynamics of social communication -- lecture 10. Do great apes use language? -- lecture 11. Highlights of human evolution -- lecture 12. Exploring and conserving a legacy.