Evolutionary theory answers the ‘why’ questions in life. ‘Why do birds have wings?’ So they can fly. Then you can ask, why are we conscious? Nikolas Humphrey thought we developed consciousness because it gave us a selective advantage. However, the link between consciousness and evolution is not that simple. The history of evolutionary psychology contains multiple scientists with different beliefs about its origin. Charles Darwin wrote evolutionary psychology (E.P.) would settle as a respected field in biology. Nevertheless, Williams argued that the human mind couldn’t be defined solely by the mutations of genes. This opposition introduced ‘sociobiology’, a field which has been ridiculed repeatedly. Sociobiology has similarities well as as differences with evolutionary psychology, listed in the table below: Similarities between sociobiology and evolutionary psychology Differences between sociobiology and evolutionary psychology Exploration of human sexual behaviour and preferences The understanding of the construction of the human mind Differences in ability and aptitudes between sexes E.P. believes we behave the way we do because of our genes and environment Social gender roles Sociobiology treats human behaviour as adaptions Assumption of the presence of human nature The problem with the ‘adaption’ theory, according the evolutionary psychologists is that we have a different origin (first humans in...