Human social evolution : the foundational works of Richard D. Alexander / edited by Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Summers, Kyle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alexander, Richard D--Influence.

Alexander, Richard D.

Alexander, Richard D--Criticism and interpretation.

Alexander, Richard D., 1925-.

Human evolution.

Social evolution.

Natural selection.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 476 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Contents:

Part I General Foundations

1 Insect Behavior and Social Evolution 21

Introduction: From Cricket Taxonomy to a Darwinian Philosophy of Man by Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 23

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 29

2 Cooperation 39

Introduction: A New Theory of Cooperation by Steven Frank, University of California at Irvine 40

Excerpt from: Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems. New York: Aldine Press 48

3 Eusociality in Naked Mole-Rats 53

Introduction: Richard Alexander, the Naked Mole-Rat, and the Evolution of Eusociality by Paul Sherman, Cornell University 55

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 63

4 Parent-Offspring Conflict and Manipulation 70

Introduction: The Evolution of Social Behavior by David Queller, Washington University 71

Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1974. The evolution of social behavior. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 5:325-383 77

Part II Human Social Evolution

5 Biology and Culture 93

Introduction / Mark Flinn Flinn, Mark 95

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 104

6 Intergroup Competition and Within-group Cooperation 123

Introduction: Thinking about Human Aggression, Past and Present: Alexander and Tinkle's (1968) Review of Lorenz and Ardrey by Bobbi Low, University of Michigan 125

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 18:245-248 130

7 Kinship, Parental Care, and Human Societies 138

Introduction: Concealed Ovulation in Humans: Further Evidence by Beverly Strassmann, University of Michigan 139

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 152

8 Human Childhood 171

Introduction: Altriciality, Neoteny, and Pleiotropy by Paul Turke, University of Michigan 173

Altriciality: Why are human babies helpless? In Alexander, R.D. 1990. How Did Humans Evolve? Reflections on a Uniquely Unique Species. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Special Publication 1:1-38. 182

9 Indirect Reciprocity 197

Introduction: The Basis of Morality, Richard Alexander on Indirect Reciprocity by Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna 199

Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems. New York: Aldine Press 209

10 The Evolution of Intelligence 232

Introduction: Reflections on the Evolution of the Human Psyche by R.I.M. Dunbar, Oxford University 235

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 244

12 Evolution of Morality 305

Introduction: Twelve (More) Things about the Evolution of Morality that Make People Nauseous by David Lahti, City University of New York 307

Alexander, R.D. Biology and the Moral Paradoxes. Journal of Biological Structures 5:389-395 325

12 Evolution and Humor 334

Introduction: The Adaptive Significance of Humor by Stan Braude, Washington University 337

Alexander, R.D. Ostracism and Indirect Reciprocity: The Reproductive Significance of Humor. 1986. Ethology and Sociobiology 7:253-270 345

13 Ecological Constraints and Human Cooperation 364

Introduction: Darwin's Question: How Can Sterility Evolve? by Laura Betzig, The Adaptationist Program 365

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 375

14 Evolution and Religion 379

Introduction: The Concept of God as a Metaphor for Social Unity: Richard Alexander's Hypothesis by William Irons, Northwestern University 381

Religion, Evolution and the Quest for Global Harmony-Original essay for this volume 384

15 Evolution and the Arts 426

Introduction: Cornerstone to Capstone: Richard Alexander on Social

Selection and the Arts by Kyle Summers, East Carolina University & Bernard Crespi, Simon Fraser University 429

Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 2003. Evolutionary Selection and the Nature of Humanity. Chapter 15. In: V. Hosle and Ch. lilies (eds.). Darwinism and Philosophy. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press 440.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199791750

0199791759

OCLC:

823041490