Ulrich Frey (philosophy), Charlotte Störmer and Kai Willführ (biology) work in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Giessen, applying evolutionary theory to a broad range of fields. The following authors contributed to the chapters of this book: Karl Grammer, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Peter Kappeler, Niklas Krebs, Ruth Mace, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Frank Rösler, Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Mary K. Shenk, Richard Sosis and Matthias Uhl.

• Our Origins: How and Why We Do and Do Not Differ from Primates; Peter Kappeler.- Our Children: Parental Decisions - How Much to Invest in Your Offspring; Mary K. Shenk.- Our Social Roots: How Local Ecology Shapes our Social Structures; Ruth Mace.- Our Selections and Decisions: Inherent Features of the Nervous System?; Frank Rösler.- Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds; Benjamin G. Purzycki and Richard Sosis.- Our Preferences: Why We Like What We Like; Karl Grammer and Elisabeth Oberzaucher.- Our Appetite for Information: Invented Environment, Non-Transparent Mind, and Evolved Preferences; Matthias Uhl.- Our Best Shot at Truth: Why Humans Evolved Mathematical Abilities; Niklas Krebs.- Our Way to Understand the World: Darwin’s Controversial Inheritance; Michael Schmidt-Salomon.- Index

Ulrich Frey (philosophy), Charlotte Störmer and Kai Willführ (biology) work in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Giessen, applying evolutionary theory to a broad range of fields. The following authors contributed to the chapters of this book: Karl Grammer, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Peter Kappeler, Niklas Krebs, Ruth Mace, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Frank Rösler, Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Mary K. Shenk, Richard Sosis and Matthias Uhl.

• Our Origins: How and Why We Do and Do Not Differ from Primates; Peter Kappeler.- Our Children: Parental Decisions - How Much to Invest in Your Offspring; Mary K. Shenk.- Our Social Roots: How Local Ecology Shapes our Social Structures; Ruth Mace.- Our Selections and Decisions: Inherent Features of the Nervous System?; Frank Rösler.- Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds; Benjamin G. Purzycki and Richard Sosis.- Our Preferences: Why We Like What We Like; Karl Grammer and Elisabeth Oberzaucher.- Our Appetite for Information: Invented Environment, Non-Transparent Mind, and Evolved Preferences; Matthias Uhl.- Our Best Shot at Truth: Why Humans Evolved Mathematical Abilities; Niklas Krebs.- Our Way to Understand the World: Darwin’s Controversial Inheritance; Michael Schmidt-Salomon.- Index

Ulrich Frey (philosophy), Charlotte Störmer and Kai Willführ (biology) work in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Giessen, applying evolutionary theory to a broad range of fields. The following authors contributed to the chapters of this book: Karl Grammer, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Peter Kappeler, Niklas Krebs, Ruth Mace, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Frank Rösler, Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Mary K. Shenk, Richard Sosis and Matthias Uhl.

• Our Origins: How and Why We Do and Do Not Differ from Primates; Peter Kappeler.- Our Children: Parental Decisions - How Much to Invest in Your Offspring; Mary K. Shenk.- Our Social Roots: How Local Ecology Shapes our Social Structures; Ruth Mace.- Our Selections and Decisions: Inherent Features of the Nervous System?; Frank Rösler.- Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds; Benjamin G. Purzycki and Richard Sosis.- Our Preferences: Why We Like What We Like; Karl Grammer and Elisabeth Oberzaucher.- Our Appetite for Information: Invented Environment, Non-Transparent Mind, and Evolved Preferences; Matthias Uhl.- Our Best Shot at Truth: Why Humans Evolved Mathematical Abilities; Niklas Krebs.- Our Way to Understand the World: Darwin’s Controversial Inheritance; Michael Schmidt-Salomon.- Index