Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior

by Eric Alden Smith

Overview

"... required reading for anyone interested in the economy, ecology, and demography of human societies." —American Journal of Human Biology "This excellent book can serve both as a text-book and as a scholarly reference." —American Scientist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202011837
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/1992
Series:	Foundations of Human Behavior
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

Eric Alden Smith

Table of Contents

1: Theoretical Foundations; 1: Evolutionary Ecology and the Social Sciences; 2: Natural Selection and Decision-Making: Some Fundamental Principles; 3: Cultural Inheritance and Evolutionary Ecology; 2: Closest Kin; 4: Evolutionary Ecology of Primate Social Structure; 5: Evolutionary Ecology of Fossil Hominids; 3: Resources, Work, and Space; 6: The Evolutionary Ecology of Food Acquisition; 7: Time Allocation; 8: Spatial Organization and Habitat Use; 4: Reproduction and Social Relations; 9: Sharing and Collective Action; 10: Competition, Conflict, and The Development of Social Hierarchies; 11: Reproductive Decisions; 12: Resources and Population Dynamics

Editorial Reviews

The editors set about to create a high-level summary of the field by recruiting authors to prepare critical reviews to a common standard. They did it right—the volume is balanced and strong…. The book is full of new perspectives and refreshing insights…. It ought to become a central source for anthropologists who want to bring modern science to their field.” —Henry Harpending, Science “This excellent book can serve both as a textbook and a scholarly reference. It provides the best synthesis to date of an endeavor that promises to clarify the interactions between individuals, society and population in human beings. Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior deserves to be read by anthropologists who are not intimidated by biology or numbers, as well as by zoologists and primatologists, who would benefit from seeing familiar and not-so-familiar models applied to different phenomena.” —Carel P. van Schaik, American Scientist

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