The Origins and Nature of Sociality

by Sussman,Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780202307305
• ISBN10: 0202307301
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
List of Contributors	xi
I INTRODUCTION
1 The Nature and Evolution of Sociality: Introduction	3	(20)
Robert W. Sussman and Audrey R. Chapman
II ORIGINS OF SOCIALITY
2 Mammalian and Primate Roots of Human Sociality	23	(30)
Adrienne L. Zihlman and Debra R. Bolter
3 Wild Justice, Cooperation, and Fair Play: Minding Manners, Being Nice, and Feeling Good	53	(28)
Marc Bekoff
4 Management of Aggression as a Component of Sociality	81	(18)
Irwin S. Bernstein
III MECHANISMS OF SOCIALITY
5 Proximate Mechanisms Regulating Sociality and Social Monogamy, in the Context of Evolution	99	(23)
C. Sue Carter and Bruce S. Cushing
6 Signals, Symbols, and Human Cooperation	122	(18)
T.K. Ahn, Marco A. Janssen, and Elinor Ostrom
7 Darwinian Evolution by the Natural Selection of Heritable Variation: Definition of Parameters and Application to Social Behaviors	140	(21)
James M. Cheverud
IV PRIMATE SOCIALITY
8 Rethinking Sociality: Cooperation and Aggression among Primates	161	(30)
Robert W. Sussman and Paul A. Garber
9 Sociality among Kin and Nonkin in Nonhuman Primate Groups	191	(24)
Kareii B. Strier
10 Revisiting Conflict Resolution: Is There a Role for Emphasizing Negotiation and Cooperation Instead of Conflict and Reconciliation?	215	(22)
Agustin Fuentes
V EVOLUTION OF SOCIALITY
11 Emergent Behaviors and Human Sociality	237	(12)
Ian Tattersall
12 Sociality and the Concept of Culture in Human Origins	249	(21)
Richard Potts
13 Large-Game Hunting and the Evolution of Human Sociality	270	(18)
Christopher Boehm
14 Cooperation, Commitment, and Communication in the Evolution of Human Sociality	288	(25)
John M. Watanabe and Barbara B. Smuts
VI PHILOSOPHICAL OVERVIEW
15 Primate Sociality and Natural Law Theory: A Case Study on the Relevance of Science for Ethics	313	(19)
Stephen J. Pope
Index	332