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The primate origins of human nature / Carel P. Van Schaik ; illustrations by Perry van Duijnhoven.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaik, Carel van, author.
- Series:
- Foundations of human biology.
- Foundations of Human Biology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Human behavior.
- Primates--Behavior.
- Primates.
- Physical anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (873 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical physical anthropology and evolutionary psychology of humans. However, unlike similar books, it strives to define the human species relative to our living and extinct relatives, and thus highlights uniquely derived human features. The book features a truly multi-disciplinary, multi-theory, and comparative species approach to subjects not usually presented in textbooks focused on humans, such as the evolution of culture, life history, parenting, and social organization.
- Contents:
- Elements of evolutionary biology
- Basics of behavioral biology
- Social learning and culture
- Evolution and human behavior
- Ancestors : humans from a comparative perspective
- Human evolution : a brief overview
- Primate ecology
- Forager ecology and subsistence
- The evolution of technology
- Sex, sexual selection, and sex differences
- Mating systems and sexuality in primates
- Human mating systems and sexuality
- Aesthetic appreciation and expression
- Life history
- Parenting and reproductive investment
- Growth and development
- Social life in nonhuman primates
- Primate socioecology
- Social evolution in hominins
- Cooperation in nature
- Warfare
- Morality
- Religion
- The evolution of brain size
- The evolution of primate cognition
- Human language
- What made us human? a preliminary synthesis.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-119-11819-0
- 1-119-11820-4
- 1-119-11818-2
- OCLC:
- 937393026
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