So, here’s an overview of current Schools of Thought tackling Human Behavioural Evolution:<\/p>\n
School<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n| Neo-Darwinistic <\/span><\/strong>Sociobiology<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Human Behavioural Ecology<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Environmental Psychology<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Dual-Inverse Theory<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Memetics<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Focus of selection<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Gene \/ individual \/ group<\/span><\/td>\n | Individual \/ behaviour<\/span><\/td>\n | Individual \/ behaviour \/ psychological | \nmechanism<\/span><\/td>\n Individual \/ group \/ gene \/ culture variant<\/span>Potential \/ predicted impact on genetic and cultural fitness<\/span><\/td>\n | Meme \/ gene<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Measure of natural selection<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Reproductive success or proxy measure of | \nfitness<\/span><\/td>\n Reproductive success of proxy measure of | \nfitness (enegetic balance)<\/span><\/td>\n Potential \/ predicted impact on reproductive | \nsuccess \/ fitness<\/span><\/td>\n Potential \/ predicted impact on genetic and | \ncultural fitness<\/span><\/td>\n Potential impact on genic and memic fitness<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Methodology<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Genic functionalism- construct genic level | \nfitness enhancing \/ optimality models, test data against them<\/span><\/td>\n Test data against optimality models, | \necological expectations \/ prediction models from behavioral ecology<\/span><\/td>\n Construct selection scenarios and describe | \npredicted fitness increasing strategies, test with datasets<\/span><\/td>\n Construct mathematical and conceptual models | \nand simulations, sometimes test with datasets<\/span><\/td>\n Construct selection scenarios, controlled | \nthought experiments<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Core causes of evolution of human behaviour<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Genetic evolution produces both human general | \nbehavioural capacities and specific behavioural patterns \/ strategies<\/span><\/td>\n Behaviour and behavioural strategies arise | \nfrom adaptation to ecological and other selective pressures<\/span><\/td>\n Psychological mechanisms (and thus behaviour) | \narose\/arise through adaptation to pressures of the Environment or \nEvolutionary Adaptiveness (Pleistocene) and Adaptivity Relevant Environments<\/span><\/td>\n Gene-culture coevolution results in patterns | \nof complex, symbolic and linguistic human behaviour<\/span><\/td>\n Selfish meme replication and meme-gene | \ncoevolution result in most human behaviour<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Basic premise(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Humans are very complex and highly social | \nanimals whose behaviour is best analyzed via Neo-Darwinian approaches<\/span><\/td>\n Humans, while highly adaptable, can be modeled | \nusing same premises as other animals, socioecological contexts drive most \nselection pressures<\/span><\/td>\n Human universals and human behavioural | \nstrategies are reflections of adapted modules (psychological mechanisms) in \nthe mind<\/span><\/td>\n Humans are under genic and group selection for | \nphysical and cultural traits; culture and genetic co-evolve via natural \nselection<\/span><\/td>\n Memes\/memeplexes are primarily responsible for | \nhuman behavioural variation and culture<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Data<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n | Ethnographic datasets, observations, | \ncomparisons with other animals especially primates, fossil record<\/span><\/td>\n Behaviour observations, physiological and | \necological measurements, ethnographic datasets<\/span><\/td>\n Questionnaires, surveys, interviews, | \ndemographic and behavioural datasets, public records<\/span><\/td>\n Ethnographic datasets, mathematical models<\/span><\/td>\n | Popular ethnography, survey and interviews, | \ngeneral cultural information<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Adapted from Fuentes, A. 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