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Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Influence of the Evolutionary Past on the Mind: An Analysis of the Preference for Landscapes in the Human Species.
Frontiers in psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Joelson Moreno Brito Moura, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Taline Cristina Da Silva, Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueAbstract:According to some evolutionary psychologists, landscapes preferences in the Human Species are influenced by their evolutionary past. Because the Pleistocene savanna is the least inhospitable landscape, it was the most suitable environment for survival and influenced the evolution of hominids in such a way that even today the Human being has a universal preference for these environments. However, there is controversy regarding this statement, because in some studies it was evidenced that people prefer images of landscapes that are similar to those of the environment where they live. In this sense, we want to test whether there is indeed a preference for images of the savanna landscape and how the current environmental context may influence this preference. We performed a study in three environmental contexts with different landscapes in order to be able to observe the influence of the familiar landscape on landscape preference, of which two rural communities — one presenting a landscape similar to the deciduous seasonal forest and another presenting a savanna-like landscape — that totaled 132 participants and one urban community with 189 participants. The stimulus consisted of twelve images representing the six major terrestrial biomes and two images of urban landscapes. The variables analyzed were the emotional responses and the preference of the participants in relation to the images of landscapes. We analyzed the data using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The obtained result did not corroborate the idea of universal preference for images of savanna landscape. The image of Rainforest landscape was the preferred one among all the three environmental contexts studied. In this way, the preference for landscape may have been shaped at different periods of Human evolutionary history, and not just during the period when hominids lived on the savannah. As much as selective pressures of the Pleistocene savanna have shaped the Human mind during the evolutionary history, other factors and different types of environments may have influenced Human preferences for landscapes.
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Landscapes preferences in the Human Species: insights for ethnobiology from evolutionary psychology
Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2017Co-Authors: Joelson Moreno Brito Moura, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Taline Cristina Da Silva, Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueAbstract:According to evolutionary psychology, landscapes preferences by the Human Species are influenced by their evolutionary past. A set of psychological processes may have been selected to guide the selection of landscapes that offered advantages for the survival and reproduction of Human groups in the past. In addition, these psychological mechanisms may also influence the current Human behavior in landscapes preference. Based on this, Gordon Orians postulated the savanna hypothesis, which predicts that the Human being prefers these environments, since in the past, African savanna environments had a set of important characteristics for survival. If this is true, there are important implications for ethnobiological studies that seek to understand the factors that can influence the selection and management of landscapes by Human groups.
Omer Moav - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Natural selection and the origin of economic growth
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002Co-Authors: Oded Galor, Omer MoavAbstract:This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the Human Species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long transition from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection that shaped the evolution of the Human Species, whereas the evolution of the Human Species was the origin of the take-off from an epoch of stagnation to sustained growth.
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Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth
Arbetsrapport, 2000Co-Authors: Oded Galor, Omer MoavAbstract:This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the Human Species. This uni...ted theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long transition from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection that shaped the evolution of the Human Species, whereas the evolution of the Human Species was the origin of the tak-o from an epoch of stagnation to sustained growth.
Joelson Moreno Brito Moura - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Influence of the Evolutionary Past on the Mind: An Analysis of the Preference for Landscapes in the Human Species.
Frontiers in psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Joelson Moreno Brito Moura, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Taline Cristina Da Silva, Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueAbstract:According to some evolutionary psychologists, landscapes preferences in the Human Species are influenced by their evolutionary past. Because the Pleistocene savanna is the least inhospitable landscape, it was the most suitable environment for survival and influenced the evolution of hominids in such a way that even today the Human being has a universal preference for these environments. However, there is controversy regarding this statement, because in some studies it was evidenced that people prefer images of landscapes that are similar to those of the environment where they live. In this sense, we want to test whether there is indeed a preference for images of the savanna landscape and how the current environmental context may influence this preference. We performed a study in three environmental contexts with different landscapes in order to be able to observe the influence of the familiar landscape on landscape preference, of which two rural communities — one presenting a landscape similar to the deciduous seasonal forest and another presenting a savanna-like landscape — that totaled 132 participants and one urban community with 189 participants. The stimulus consisted of twelve images representing the six major terrestrial biomes and two images of urban landscapes. The variables analyzed were the emotional responses and the preference of the participants in relation to the images of landscapes. We analyzed the data using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The obtained result did not corroborate the idea of universal preference for images of savanna landscape. The image of Rainforest landscape was the preferred one among all the three environmental contexts studied. In this way, the preference for landscape may have been shaped at different periods of Human evolutionary history, and not just during the period when hominids lived on the savannah. As much as selective pressures of the Pleistocene savanna have shaped the Human mind during the evolutionary history, other factors and different types of environments may have influenced Human preferences for landscapes.
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Landscapes preferences in the Human Species: insights for ethnobiology from evolutionary psychology
Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2017Co-Authors: Joelson Moreno Brito Moura, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Taline Cristina Da Silva, Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueAbstract:According to evolutionary psychology, landscapes preferences by the Human Species are influenced by their evolutionary past. A set of psychological processes may have been selected to guide the selection of landscapes that offered advantages for the survival and reproduction of Human groups in the past. In addition, these psychological mechanisms may also influence the current Human behavior in landscapes preference. Based on this, Gordon Orians postulated the savanna hypothesis, which predicts that the Human being prefers these environments, since in the past, African savanna environments had a set of important characteristics for survival. If this is true, there are important implications for ethnobiological studies that seek to understand the factors that can influence the selection and management of landscapes by Human groups.
Oded Galor - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Natural selection and the origin of economic growth
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002Co-Authors: Oded Galor, Omer MoavAbstract:This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the Human Species. This unified theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long transition from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection that shaped the evolution of the Human Species, whereas the evolution of the Human Species was the origin of the take-off from an epoch of stagnation to sustained growth.
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Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth
Arbetsrapport, 2000Co-Authors: Oded Galor, Omer MoavAbstract:This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the Human Species. This uni...ted theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long transition from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to sustained economic growth. The theory suggests that prolonged economic stagnation prior to the transition to sustained growth stimulated natural selection that shaped the evolution of the Human Species, whereas the evolution of the Human Species was the origin of the tak-o from an epoch of stagnation to sustained growth.
Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Influence of the Evolutionary Past on the Mind: An Analysis of the Preference for Landscapes in the Human Species.
Frontiers in psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Joelson Moreno Brito Moura, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Taline Cristina Da Silva, Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueAbstract:According to some evolutionary psychologists, landscapes preferences in the Human Species are influenced by their evolutionary past. Because the Pleistocene savanna is the least inhospitable landscape, it was the most suitable environment for survival and influenced the evolution of hominids in such a way that even today the Human being has a universal preference for these environments. However, there is controversy regarding this statement, because in some studies it was evidenced that people prefer images of landscapes that are similar to those of the environment where they live. In this sense, we want to test whether there is indeed a preference for images of the savanna landscape and how the current environmental context may influence this preference. We performed a study in three environmental contexts with different landscapes in order to be able to observe the influence of the familiar landscape on landscape preference, of which two rural communities — one presenting a landscape similar to the deciduous seasonal forest and another presenting a savanna-like landscape — that totaled 132 participants and one urban community with 189 participants. The stimulus consisted of twelve images representing the six major terrestrial biomes and two images of urban landscapes. The variables analyzed were the emotional responses and the preference of the participants in relation to the images of landscapes. We analyzed the data using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The obtained result did not corroborate the idea of universal preference for images of savanna landscape. The image of Rainforest landscape was the preferred one among all the three environmental contexts studied. In this way, the preference for landscape may have been shaped at different periods of Human evolutionary history, and not just during the period when hominids lived on the savannah. As much as selective pressures of the Pleistocene savanna have shaped the Human mind during the evolutionary history, other factors and different types of environments may have influenced Human preferences for landscapes.
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Landscapes preferences in the Human Species: insights for ethnobiology from evolutionary psychology
Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2017Co-Authors: Joelson Moreno Brito Moura, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Taline Cristina Da Silva, Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueAbstract:According to evolutionary psychology, landscapes preferences by the Human Species are influenced by their evolutionary past. A set of psychological processes may have been selected to guide the selection of landscapes that offered advantages for the survival and reproduction of Human groups in the past. In addition, these psychological mechanisms may also influence the current Human behavior in landscapes preference. Based on this, Gordon Orians postulated the savanna hypothesis, which predicts that the Human being prefers these environments, since in the past, African savanna environments had a set of important characteristics for survival. If this is true, there are important implications for ethnobiological studies that seek to understand the factors that can influence the selection and management of landscapes by Human groups.
