Lance Workman is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of South Wales in the UK.Will Reader is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

• 1. Why the fuss? Evolution and human behavior 2. How did we get here: human evolution and genetics 3. Darwin’s second selective force: sexual selection 4. Mate choice: the origin of human sexual preferences 5. Living with others: evolution and social behaviour 6. Growing up: Evolution and development 7. Decisions, decisions: the evolution of cognition and emotion 8. When things go wrong – evolution and abnormal psychology 9. Culture vultures: evolution and culture 10. Darwinian differences 11. Putting it together: Criticisms, Debates and Future Directions

"As this book demonstrates clearly, behavior becomes immensely more comprehensible through the lens of evolution. Workman and Reader’s text is thorough and readable, and not afraid to tackle the issues that many see as most challenging from an evolutionary perspective, such as culture and mental illness."– Dr Michael E. Price, Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, UK

Lance Workman is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of South Wales in the UK.Will Reader is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

• 1. Why the fuss? Evolution and human behavior 2. How did we get here: human evolution and genetics 3. Darwin’s second selective force: sexual selection 4. Mate choice: the origin of human sexual preferences 5. Living with others: evolution and social behaviour 6. Growing up: Evolution and development 7. Decisions, decisions: the evolution of cognition and emotion 8. When things go wrong – evolution and abnormal psychology 9. Culture vultures: evolution and culture 10. Darwinian differences 11. Putting it together: Criticisms, Debates and Future Directions

"As this book demonstrates clearly, behavior becomes immensely more comprehensible through the lens of evolution. Workman and Reader’s text is thorough and readable, and not afraid to tackle the issues that many see as most challenging from an evolutionary perspective, such as culture and mental illness."– Dr Michael E. Price, Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, UK

Lance Workman is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of South Wales in the UK.Will Reader is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

• 1. Why the fuss? Evolution and human behavior 2. How did we get here: human evolution and genetics 3. Darwin’s second selective force: sexual selection 4. Mate choice: the origin of human sexual preferences 5. Living with others: evolution and social behaviour 6. Growing up: Evolution and development 7. Decisions, decisions: the evolution of cognition and emotion 8. When things go wrong – evolution and abnormal psychology 9. Culture vultures: evolution and culture 10. Darwinian differences 11. Putting it together: Criticisms, Debates and Future Directions

"As this book demonstrates clearly, behavior becomes immensely more comprehensible through the lens of evolution. Workman and Reader’s text is thorough and readable, and not afraid to tackle the issues that many see as most challenging from an evolutionary perspective, such as culture and mental illness."– Dr Michael E. Price, Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, UK