Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man A Joint Discussion Meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy

Name: Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man A Joint Discussion Meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy
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ISBN: 9780197261644

ISBN-10: 0197261647

ISBN-13: 9780197261644

Edition: 1996

Authors: John M. Smith, Walter G. Runciman, R. I. M. Dunbar

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Unique in bringing an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most exciting areas of current behavioural science research, these papers are by distinguished researchers from Europe and the United States at the forefront of their respective disciplines, whether biologists, primatologists, archaeologists, psychologists, linguists, or anthropologists.

Book details

List price: $77.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 297
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Introduction



Social Evolution in Primates: The Role of Ecological Factors and Male Behaviour



Determinants of Group Size in Primates: A General Model



Function and Intention in the Calls of Non-Human Primates



Why Culture Is Common, but Cultural Evolution Is Rare



An Evolutionary and Chronological Framework for Human Social Behaviour



Friendship and the Banker's Paradox: Other Pathways to the Evolution of Adaptations for Altruism



The Early Prehistory of Human Social Behaviour: Issues of Archaeological Inference and Cognitive Evolution



The Emergence of Biologically Modern Populations in Europe: A Social and Cognitive 'Revolution'?



Responses to Environmental Novelty: Changes in Men's Marriage Strategies in a Rural Kenyan Community



Genetic Language Impairment: Unruly Grammars



The Emergence of Cultures among Wild Chimpanzees



Terrestriality, Bipedalism and the Origin of Language



Conclusions