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The Structure of Humanity

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This is an original theory of human evolution. Current arguments for human evolution take a Western viewpoint, assuming monogamy, selected marriage and food gathering as the important factors in human evolution. However, outside of Western societies, polygyny and arranged marriages are normal. This book argues that humans evolved using arranged marriages for cooperation, and that this is the defining factor in human evolution. Arranged marriages are the exchange of cooperation for reproduction. Before extensive central governments and market economies, people used arranged marriages to bind their societies. A second major implication is that people enter into long-term relationships with no selection. This form of cooperation and sexual reproduction is unique to humans amongst all animals, yet it has been ignored as a factor in human evolution. Original arguments are given for every major human trait, such as: cooperative behaviour, sexual behaviour, morphological traits, and verbal communication. This book begins by explaining why human evolution is due to sexual selection rather than natural selection. It then explains how arranged marriages are used for cooperation. Subsequent chapters consider: male cooperation, marriage, sexual selection, sexuality, female cooperation, and communication. The penultimate chapter gives a step-by-step explanation as to how the process of human evolution through arranged marriages could have occurred. This is made possible by the cross-cousin marriage system, which is central to human cooperative behaviour. It is possible to suggest at which stage traits evolved because each trait is directly linked to the complexity of the cross-cousin marriage system. This book will redefine humanity, as the ape that exchanges cooperation for reproduction.

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"His systematic argument touches on so many cultural, historical and scientific factors that it has an undeniable credibility, and by the end of the book, even the most skeptical readers may be swayed by Taylor's hypothesis. The book's dense, technical sections will likely appeal primarily to anthropologists and evolutionary biologists, but they're also one of the book's strengths. Taylor is clearly an expert in his subject, and he succeeds in illustrating how complicated, interconnected and ultimately unknown the subject of human evolution is." Kirkus Reviews


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  • ISBN-13: 9780987494511
  • Publisher: Paperrata
  • Publisher Imprint: Paperrata
  • Height: 244 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 716 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0987494511
  • Publisher Date: 04 Apr 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 170 mm


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