Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior

by Smith,Eric Alden

• ISBN13: 9780202011844
• ISBN10: 0202011844
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1992-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Evolutionary ecology has grown into an exciting and dynamic area of research in the biological sciences. Only recently, however, has there been noteworthy progress in adapting theory, concepts, and models from this fi eld for analysis of human behavior and evolution.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Figures
Preface
Theoretical Foundations
Evolutionary Ecology and the Social Sciences	p. 3
Natural Selection and Decision Making: Some Fundamental Principles	p. 25
Cultural Inheritance and Evolutionary Ecology	p. 61
Closest Kin
Evolutionary Ecology of Primate Social Structure	p. 95
Evolutionary Ecology of Fossil Hominds	p. 131
Resources, Work, and Space
The Evolutionary Ecology of Food Acquisition	p. 167
Time Allocation	p. 203
Spatial Organization and Habitat Use	p. 237
Reproduction and Social Relations
Sharing and Collective Action	p. 269
Competition, Conflict, and Development of Social Hierarchies	p. 301
Reproductive Decisions	p. 339
Resources and Population Dynamics	p. 375
References	p. 403
Biographical Sketches of the Contributors	p. 448
Author Index	p. 451
Subject Index	p. 459
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