Against Animal Natures: An Anthropologist’s View
To understand the behavior of nonhuman animals, then, scientists nowadays may look for the expression of stable individual personality traits...
Lying
We like people who don’t lie; we feel they’re trustworthy. But perhaps life is not that simple, not that black and white.
Evolution
Humans often forget that we really are animals and almost all our behavior—even the most civilized and controlled—is rooted in evolution.
Emotions
Why would we have evolved emotional responses? What are emotions really good for?
Culture
Culture is the knowledge, beliefs, behavior, outlook, attitudes, values, goals, traditions, and practices shared by a group of people that cannot be attributed to genetics.