At 10:44 AM 10/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>We're back to ID! I have two unrelated questions, at least I thinks
>they are unrelated.
>
>1. Does anyone know of literature that explores the relationship
>between ID and evolutionary psychology (aka [also known as]
>sociobiology, behavioural ecology)?
Short note here. Evolutionary psychology, sociobiology and behavioral
ecology are not the same thing. EP deals with "selfish-gene" centered
explanations of human behavioral patterns, most of which constitute only
"adaptive story telling". Sociobiology formed the basis for EP, but has a
much broader scope and deals with the evolutionary basis of all social
behavior, including mating patterns, parental care and group hunting.
Behavioral ecology is a branch of evolutionary ecology which deals mainly
with mathematical models of behavioral patterns, including optimal foraging
and antipredation strategies. There is some overlap, but they are different
disciplines.
Marcio
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