Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Alternative Approaches EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Alternative Approaches edited by Steven J. Scher Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois Frederick Rauscher Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS Boston / Dordrecht / New York / London Distributors for North, Central and South America: TABLE OF CONTENTS Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Assinippi Park Norwell, Massachusetts 02061 USA Telephone (781) 871-6600 Fax (781) 681-9045 Acknowledgments E-Mail: [email protected] Contributors Distributors for all other countries: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group ALTERNATIVE ApPROACHES TO 3300 AH Dordrecht, THE NETHERLANDS EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: INTRODUCTION Telephone 31 786576 000 Fax 31 786576 4 74 xi Steven J. Scher & Frederick Rauscher E-Mail: [email protected] " ix Frederick Rauscher & Steven J. Scher Post Office Box 322 ..... vii NATURE READ IN TRUTH OR FLAW: LOCATING A LTERNATI VES IN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Electronic Services < http://www.wkap.nl=""> Timothy Ketelaar THE EVALUATION OF COMPETING ApPROACHES WITHIN HUMAN E VOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evolutionary psychology: alternative approaches / edited by Steven 1. Scher, Frederick Rauscher. David Sloan Wilson EVOLUTION, MORALITY, AND HUMAN POTENTIAL p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. Linnda Caporae/ ISBN: 1-4020-7279-1 (alk. paper) I. Generic psychology. I. Scher, Steven 1.,1962- II. Rauscher , Frederick, 1961- M EAN REPEATED ASSEMB LY: PROSPECTS FOR S AYING WHAT WE Niles Eldredge BF701 .E97 2002 EVOLUTION HUMAN TRIANGLES: GENES, SEX AND ECONOMICS IN HUMAN I 55. 7--dc2 I 31 55 71 91 2002034083 Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF FATHERS: E VOLUTION, DEMOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY IN THE SHAPING OF F EMALE M ATE PREFERENCES 111 Karola C. Stotz & Paul E. Griffiths microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission from the Publisher, DANCING IN THE DARK: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY with the exception of any material supplied specitically for the purpose of being entered and AND THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN 135 executed on a computer system. for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Permission for books published in Europe: permissionsi(qwkap.nl Permission for books published in the United States of America: [email protected] Printed on aCid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America. Dom