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1. The Significance of Darwinism; 1.1: What problems does the theory of evolution solve?; 1.2: Evolution by natural selection in a nutshell; 1.3: Incorporating genetics: The modern synthesis; 1.4: Common objections and misunderstandings; 1.5: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 2. Variation; 2.1: The phenotype; 2.2: The genotype; 2.3: Genetic variation; 2.4: From genotype to phenotype; 2.5: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 3. Heredity; 3.1: Inheritance does not work by blending; 3.2: Mendelian genetics; 3.3: Quantitative Genetics; 3.4: Heritability and natural selection; 3.5: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 4. Competition; 4.1: Malthus: Checks on reproduction and competition to reproduce; 4.2: Natural selection at the genotypic level; 4.3: Group selection; 4.4: Kin selection; 4.5: Advanced topics: Evolutionary transitions, levels of selection, and intra-genomic conflict; 4.6: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 5. Natural Selection; 5.1: Modes of selection; 5.2: Selection and variation; 5.3: Selection and adaptation; 5.4: Constraints on optimality; 5.5: How to test adaptationist hypotheses; 5.6: Getting natural selection clear; 5.7: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 6. Sex; 6.1: The diversity of reproduction in nature; 6.2: Why have any sex at all?; 6.3: The evolution of anisogamy; 6.4: Sex differences; 6.5: Pluralism in sexual strategies; 6.6: Sexual selection and mate choice in humans; 6.7: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 7. Life histories; 7.1: When to die: The evolution of life span; 7.2: When to breed: The evolution of reproductive strategies; 7.3: Parental care; 7.4: Grandparental care; 7.5: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 8. Social life; 8.1: Why live in groups?; 8.2: Types of groups; 8.3: Consequences of group living; 8.4: Human groups in comparative perspective; 8.5: Cooperation; 8.6: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 9. Plasticity and learning; 9.1: Conditions for the evolution of phenotypic plasticity; 9.2: Developmental induction; 9.3: Imprinting; 9.4: Associative learning; 9.5: Social learning; 9.6: Learning and adaptation; 9.7: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 10. Our place in nature; 10.1: Reconstructing the tree of life; 10.2: Humans as primates; 10.3: What makes humans different?; 10.4: Summary, Taking it Further, and Questions; 11. Evolution and Contemporary Life; 11.1: Human evolution is still going on; 11.2: Evolution leaves a legacy; 11.3: The place of evolutionary theory in the explanation of current behaviour; 11.4: How should cross-cultural variation be explained?; 11.5: How much of our behaviour is adaptive?; Glossary; References

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