Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Palmer, Craig T."
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Evolution and religion : theory, definitions, and the natural selection of religious behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Chapter 1 Presents a brief summary of recent theory and research into religion from evolutionary cognitive psychology and behavioral ecology. Chapter 2 addresses the debate over whether religion is an adaptation directly ... -
The eyes of the world are upon us : the role of visual images in the fight over Alberta's oil sands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)In the controversy over the mining of the Alberta oil sands, tourism has become a tool used by both those who want to stop further development of the oil sands and perhaps also by those who want it to continue. The goal ... -
Maori moko : a costly signal?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Costly signaling theory (CST) addresses cultural behaviors that are risky or apparently wasteful but which may serve to convey important fitness--related information. Recent studies have expanded the application of CST to ... -
The social economics of organic production in Columbia's Farmer's Market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The research involves preliminary field investigation of the impacts of social demands on economic decisions made by producers, such agricultural ... -
A study of property and knowledge inheritance in 19th Century Scania, Sweden
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Knowledge and property are both inheritable from parents to children, and who receives the inheritance is influential in deciding which children maintain or advance in social class in societies where social mobility exists. ... -
Traditional storytelling as descendant-leaving strategy: ancestral prescriptions for proper kinship and revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In light of the recent interest in evolutionary approaches to literature, I propose that storytelling shows evidence of design to manipulate the behavior ... -
Understanding and defining ethnic identity: Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks in a Midwestern American city
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks are an ethnic group from the region of Meskhetia (Ahiska) in the Caucasus, now in southern Georgia that borders Turkey. Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks have been forced to relocate multiple times in their ...