Readings:
Eric Alden Smith, "Three styles in the evolutionary study of human behavior." In Human Behavior and Adaptation: An Anthropological Perspective, edited by Lee Cronk, William Irons, and Napoleon Chagnon.
James L. Boone, "Competition, Conflict, and Development of Social Hierarchies" in Bruce Winterhalder and Eric Alden Smith, eds., Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior.
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, "Reproductive Decisions" in Winterhalder and Smith.
Assignment:
Post on the question of what you think are the advances made in the evolutionary study of human behavior in the last 30 years, and on whether you think these advances satisfactorily answer critiques of earlier approaches.
In class:
Professor Smith will have access to your postings before class, and will be there to answer your questions.