From Beastliness to Humanity: Rethinking Human Behavior

Author: Zhang Dunfu
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Humans share 99% of their genes with chimpanzees! Humans and primates have many similarities, commonalities, and connections in fundamental aspects such as group living, sexuality and reproduction, interaction, hierarchy, and material desires! So, where did humans come from? Why is male aggression so evident? Why is it said that a true man has aspirations beyond his immediate surroundings? Why do women's physiques attract male attention? As primates with high libido, what is the biological and sociocultural significance of human sexual behavior? Why do men prefer multiple partners while women prefer just one? How do humans' "humanity" and "animal nature" compete with each other? Do humans have a hopeful future? Using primates as a mirror to reflect on and observe human nature, the author conducts an in-depth and detailed thematic examination of the above questions from the perspective of evolutionary anthropology, pointing out the behavioral and evolutionary foundations behind them. This book is richly illustrated, with novel and unique methods, and its arguments are either thought-provoking or startlingly insightful.