Human behavioral ecology
Human behavioral ecology HBE or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory as well as optimization to the study of human behavioral as well as cultural diversity. HBE examines a adaptive lines of traits, behaviors, and life histories of humans in an ecological context. One aim of contemporary human behavioral ecology is to imposing how ecological and social factors influence and species behavioral flexibility within and between human populations. Among other things, HBE attempts to explain variation in human behavior as adaptive solutions to the competing life-history demands of growth, development, reproduction, parental care, and mate acquisition.
HBE overlaps with evolutionary psychology, human or cultural ecology, and decision theory. It is almost prominent in disciplines such as anthropology and psychology where human evolution is considered applicable for a holistic understanding of human behavior or in economics where self-interest, methodological individualism, and maximization are key elements in modeling behavioral responses to various ecological factors.