Kyle Summers, Bernard Crespi

Human Social Evolution

The Foundational Works of Richard D. Alexander

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents classic papers or chapters by Dr. Alexander, each focused on an important theme from his work

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780199791750
• ISBN-10: 0199791759
• Artikelnr.: 36951213

Autorenporträt

Kyle Summers is Professor of Biology at East Carolina University. Bernard Crespi is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Simon Fraser University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction - Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi
* Part I - General Foundations
* Chapter 1: Insect Behavior and Evolution
* Introduction by Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute. Excerpt from Alexander, R. D. 1969. Comparative
animal behavior and systematics. In: Systematic Biology. Proceedings
of the International Conference on Systematics (Ann Arbor, Michigan,
July 1967). National Academy of Sciences Publication 1962: 494-517.
* Chapter 2: Cooperation
* Introduction by Steven Frank, University of California at Irvine.
* Excerpt from: Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems. New
York, Aldine Press.
* Chapter 3: Eusociality in Naked Mole Rats
* Introduction by Paul Sherman, Cornell University.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D., Noonan, K.M. and Crespi, B.J. 1991. The
Evolution of Eusociality. In P. Sherman, J. Jarvis and R.D. Alexander
(eds). The Biology of the Naked Mole Rat: 3-44. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press.
* Chapter 4: Parent-offspring Conflict and Manipulation
* Introduction by David Queller, Washington University.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1974. The evolution of social behavior.
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 5:325-383.
* Part II - Human Social Evolution
* Chapter 5: Biology and Culture
* Introduction by Mark Flinn, University of Missouri
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. Evolution and culture. In Evolutionary
Biology and Human Social Behavior: an Anthropological Perspective. N.
Chagnon and W.G. Irons (eds). Pp 59-78. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury
Press.
* Chapter 6: Intergroup Competition and Within-group Cooperation
* Introduction by Bobbi Low, University of Michigan.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. and Tinkle, D.W. 1968. Review of On
Aggression by Konrad Lorenz and The Territorial Imperative by Robert
Ardrey. Bioscience 18: 245-248.
* Chapter 7: Kinship, Parental Care, and Human Societies
* Introduction by Beverly Strassmann, University of Michigan.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. and Noonan, K.M. 1979. Concealment of
Ovulation, parental care, and human social evolution. In N.A. Chagnon
and W.G. Irons (eds). Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior:
An Anthropological Perspective. 436-453. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury
Press.
* Chapter 8: Human Childhood
* Introduction by Paul Turke, University of Michigan.
* Altriciality: Why are human babies helpless? In Alexander, R.D. 1990.
How Did Humans Evolve? Reflections on a Uniquely Unique Species.
Univ. Mich. Zool. Special
* Publication 1: 1-38.
* Chapter 9: Indirect Reciprocity
* Introduction by Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems. New
York, Aldine Press.
* Chapter 10: The Evolution of Intelligence
* Introduction by Robin Dunbar, Oxford University.
* Alexander, R.D. Evolution of the Human Psyche 1989. In P. Mellars and
C. Stringer (eds). The Human Revolution. Behavioral and Biological
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans: pp. 455-513. Princeton,
NJ: Princeton University Press.
* Chapter 11: Evolution of Morality
* Introduction by David Lahti, City University of New York.
* Alexander, R.D. Biology and the Moral Paradoxes. Journal of
Biological Structures 5:389-395.
* Chapter 12: Evolution and Humor
* Introduction by Stanton Braude, Washington University.
* Alexander, R.D. Ostracism and Indirect Reciprocity: The Reproductive
Significance of Humor. 1986. Ethology and Sociobiology 7: 253-270.
* Chapter 13: Ecological Constraints and Human Cooperation
* Introduction by Laura Betzig, University of Michigan.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D., Noonan, K.M. and Crespi, B.J. 1991. The
Evolution of Eusociality. In P. Sherman, J. Jarvis and R.D. Alexander
(eds). The Biology of the Naked Mole Rat: pp. 3-44. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press.
* Chapter 14: Evolution and Religion
* Introduction by William Irons, Northwestern University.
* Religion, Evolution and the Quest for Global Harmony - Original essay
for this volume.
* Chapter 15: Evolution and the Arts
* Introduction by Kyle Summers, East Carolina University and Bernard
Crespi, Simon Fraser University.
* Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 2003. Evolutionary Selection and the
Nature of Humanity. Chapter 15. In: V. Hosle and Ch. Illies (eds).
Darwinism and Philosophy. University of Notre Dame Press.