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Race, Evolution, and Behavior
J. Philippe Rushton
其他書名
A Life History Perspective
出版Transaction Publishers, 1995
主題Psychology / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / EvolutionScience / Life Sciences / Genetics & GenomicsSocial Science / Anthropology / Physical
ISBN15600014619781560001461
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BjuAAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Rushton's thesis is that when fully modern humans migrated out of Africa, perhaps only 100,000 years ago, the colder Eurasian climate selected for larger brains, more forward planning, greater family stability, and increased longevity with concomitant reductions in sex hormone, speed of maturation, reproductive potency, and aggressiveness. Rushton's theory emphasizes a trade-off between parenting and mating and brings into focus the concept of a coordinated life history of characteristics, evolving together, to replicate genes more effectively. The selection for large brains and parenting skills was taken furthest in east Asia. Rushton's theory explains differentiation in intelligence and predicts other, seemingly unrelated race effects, such as differences in frequency of twinning. The capacity to unify disparate phenomena is usually considered a virtue in theories.