Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Frey, Ulrich J. (Editor), Störmer, Charlotte (Editor), Willführ, Kai P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Epistemology.; Evolutionary biology.; Psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Popular Science in Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

To understand why we humans are as we are, it is necessary to look at the essential building blocks that comprise our nature. The foundations of this structure are our evolutionary origins as primates and our social roots. Upon these rest features such as our emotions, language and aesthetic prefere...