There is a long history of evolutionary social science that will barely be touched on here,
except to say that it did not enjoy anything like the eventual success of evolutionary biology …

" Handbook on Evolution and Society" brings together original chapters by prominent
scholars who have been instrumental in the revival of evolutionary theorizing and research …

The application of the theory of evolution to human social behavior has, along with some
illumination, produced friction that occasionally bursts into flame. In this paper we will …

Tis chapter outlines some of the limits on the uses of biological theorizing in the social
sciences. Te adoption of biological ideas by social scientists can significantly expand many …

The revival of evolutionary thinking in sociology holds out real promise for understanding
social change in human societies. This revival has often been highly threatening to …

Evolutionary thinking was prominent during the classical period of sociological theory, but it
became increasingly rare as the twentieth century progressed. By the 1960s, stage models …

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing
so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many …

After long neglect, evolutionary thinking is receiving new emphasis in the social sciences.
Although evolutionary theories in biology are complex, changing, and often controversial …

A number of approaches in the social sciences claim to be evolutionary, and the use of such
terms is growing rapidly. But words such as 'evolution'mean different things to different …

At the inception of the social sciences in the late 19 th century, early psychologists,
anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists frequently proposed evolutionary …