Remember, throughout the course it might be useful to have general biology and psychology textbooks available for terms and concepts assumed by textbook author and instructors. Darwin was interested in human behavior, the emotions, instinct, intelligence, and the mind from early in his study of evolution. He discussed both the forerunners of human-like mental abilities in nonhuman animals and the human traits that seemed only explicable by acknowledging their nonhuman origins. Survival selection is natural selection as typically construed. Process of adaptation to physical and biological environments.
Sexual selection is based on competition within a species or population.
Know the universal aspects of the human drama from an evolutionary perspective. Give some examples involving diet, fears, and environmental preferences.