•    Summarise the key elements of Darwin’s theory of evolution
•    Critically discuss the scientific debate between Owen and Huxley
•    What is the crucial difference between Lamarck’s and Darwin’s theory of evolution?
•    What are analogous and homologous developments in evolution?
  
  
•    Describe the advantage of sexual reproduction in evolutionary terms
•    Discuss how altruism can evolve in biological systems
•    Summarise the different levels of selection
•    What is the major conceptual step of inclusive fitness?
  
  
•    Describe the major claims of Evolutionary Psychology
•    What is meant by an evolved psychological mechanism?
•    What are the main aspects of sexual selection humans?
•    Assess critically the evidence for men’s preferences of mating partners

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last update 10/11/2003
Johannes M. Zanker