ABSTRACT

In the previous chapter, it was suggested that biosocial goals were vehicles to inclusive fitness. Furthermore, these goals give rise to motivational systems and are involved in the structuring of the CNS (Fox 1986). This chapter examines various approaches to the study of human nature. Each of these approaches, in their different ways, attempts to map out some basic ground rules of human nature; to answer the question "What has evolution made of us?" From the start I should disclaim any attempt to be comprehensive but rather I offer something of a personal bias to this exploration.