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kevin_shepherd 's review for:
Introducing Evolutionary Psychology
by Dylan Evans
In keeping with the "Introducing" series tradition, Evolutionary Psychology combines quirky illustrations with straightforward, intelligent writing to make complex subject matter fun and understandable. Author Dylan Evans simplifies and clarifies such diverse EP concepts as body symmetry, brain modules, reciprocal altruism, and short-term mating strategies.
*Did you know 'tit-for-tat' is a real scientific term? (I did not.)
As for the illustrations, Oscar Zarate's art has flair and an element of WTF! A few notables caught my eye:
• Kin Selection (pg 74) - a diminutive Richard Dawkins sits on the lap of British biologist William Hamilton, as though Hamilton were a ventriloquist and Dawkins his puppet.
• The Truth About Cinderella (pg 79) - a large portrait of a battered and bleeding child, under which two smirking psychologists, Canadians Martin Daly and Margo Wilson, are accurately predicting that step-parents beat their children more often than biological parents.
• Weaning (pg 85) - a baby is apparently directing his mother's nipple as a fountain of milk gushes onto her lap.
• Dads and Cads (pg 120) - a naked, pregnant woman with what looks to be a large penis-lizard perched on her shoulder.
• Women's Extra-Pair Mating (pg 125) - to illustrate 'cuckold strategy,' a white woman, lying in bed, holding a offensively racist rendering of a black baby, while her doting white husband stands at her bedside. She is saying to her husband, "He looks just like you!"
Five stars, minus one for page 125.
*Did you know 'tit-for-tat' is a real scientific term? (I did not.)
As for the illustrations, Oscar Zarate's art has flair and an element of WTF! A few notables caught my eye:
• Kin Selection (pg 74) - a diminutive Richard Dawkins sits on the lap of British biologist William Hamilton, as though Hamilton were a ventriloquist and Dawkins his puppet.
• The Truth About Cinderella (pg 79) - a large portrait of a battered and bleeding child, under which two smirking psychologists, Canadians Martin Daly and Margo Wilson, are accurately predicting that step-parents beat their children more often than biological parents.
• Weaning (pg 85) - a baby is apparently directing his mother's nipple as a fountain of milk gushes onto her lap.
• Dads and Cads (pg 120) - a naked, pregnant woman with what looks to be a large penis-lizard perched on her shoulder.
• Women's Extra-Pair Mating (pg 125) - to illustrate 'cuckold strategy,' a white woman, lying in bed, holding a offensively racist rendering of a black baby, while her doting white husband stands at her bedside. She is saying to her husband, "He looks just like you!"
Five stars, minus one for page 125.