Evolution and Human Kinship

Austin L. Hughes

ISBN 10: 019505234X / ISBN 13: 9780195052343

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1988

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The only ex-library mark is a stamp on the title page; spine is a bit cocked; corners bumped; tight, text clean. viii, [4], 162 p., illustrated [otob opp elct pnl].

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Evolution and Human Kinship
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 019505234X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195052343
• Reliure: Orig. Gilt-Stamped Blue Cloth
• Édition: First Printing.
• État de l'article: Minor Ex-Library (Good+)
• État de la jaquette: Issued Without Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

While there have been controversial attempts to link conclusions from sociobiological studies of animal populations to humans, few behavioural scientists or anthropologists have made serious progress.

This book presents a theoretical approach to human social behaviour that is rooted in evolutionary biology and sociobiology. Hughes applies the principles of kin selection theory - which states that natural selection can favour social acts that increase the fitness of both individuals and their close relatives - to anthropological data, using mathematical and statistical techniques.

Revue de presse

'This book...throws an important new light on our understanding of inclusive fitness theory, as well as on the way we apply sociobiological principles to the study of Man. The challenge it throws at conventional sociobiological theory is bound to generate important new insights.' TREE

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