PSYC 385 Lecture 4: Lect 4 Contemporary evolutionary theories

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 385
• Professor: Timothy Racine

Document Summary

Holocene: warming periodallowed for agriculture, and new way of living (eg: farming) But evolutionary psychologists argue that the period is too short for adaptation to occur in life. This period a lot of cultural groups to move around and settling down and start farming. Still increasing population sustained, but not in all parts of the world by: Agricultural innovation (create new food methods, grow more, new tools, new opportunities for people) Petroleum-based economy (led to huge increase in population) as it allowed for opportunities. Scientific innovation (eg; green revolution--pesticide use, medicine, treating diseases, antibiotics, etc) E(cid:454): japa(cid:374) & weste(cid:396)(cid:374) eu(cid:396)ope=populatio(cid:374) (cid:374)ot (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g d(cid:396)asti(cid:272)all(cid:455) flat. Climate change is used to explain human activitychange in ecology. Other selection pressures (eg: virus--which were created b/c of human colonization) [hans rosling]: optimistic clip about association b/w health + wealth+ population growth----poor & sick vs rich & healthy back then (1800s): mostly all countries= low income.