On the Origins of Human Emotions : A Sociological Inquiry into the Evolution of Human Affect Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition
by Turner, Jonathan H
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- Title On the Origins of Human Emotions : A Sociological Inquiry into the Evolution of Human Affect
- Author Turner, Jonathan H
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 205
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press
- Date 2000-06-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP82180956
- ISBN 9780804737203 / 0804737207
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6 x 0.68 in (22.81 x 15.24 x 1.73 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Emotions, Emotions - Social aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99086427
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.5
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How did natural selection work on the basic ape anatomy and neuroanatomy to create the hominid line? The author suggests that what distinguished our ancestors from other apes was the development of an increased capacity for sociality and organization, crucial for survival on the African savanna. All apes display a propensity for weak ties, individualism, mobility, and autonomy that was, and is today, useful in arboreal and woodland habitats but served them poorly when our ancestors began to move onto the African plain during the late Miocene.
The challenge for natural selection was to enhance traits in the species that would foster the social ties necessary for survival in the new environment. The author suggests that the result was a development of certain areas of the primate brain that encouraged strong emotional ties, allowing our ancestors to build higher levels of social solidarity. Our basic neurological wiring continues to reflect this adaptive development. From a sociological perspective that is informed by evolutionary biology, primatology, and neurology, the book examines the current neurological bases of our emotional repertoire and their implications for our social actions.
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- Choice, 03/01/2001, Page 1353