On our minds : how evolutionary psychology is reshaping the nature-versus-nurture debate / Eric M. Gander.

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003], ©2003.

x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-278) and index.

Stephen Jay Gould historicizes science -- Richard Herrnstein stirs up controversy at Harvard yard -- Edward O. Wilson brings more controversy to the yard -- Richard Lewontin and his colleagues demur -- Nature's "very special way" -- What is the mind? -- The challenges of reverse engineering -- The benefits of hardwiring -- What cultures can the mind run? -- The evolutionary psychology of "Little house on the prairie".