Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man: A Joint Discussion Meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy

Runciman, W. G. (Editor)/ Smith, John Maynard (Editor)/ Dunbar, R. I. M. (Editor)/ Maynard Smith, John (Editor)/ Royal Society (Great Britain)/ British Academy (Corporate Author)

ISBN 10: 0197261647 / ISBN 13: 9780197261644

Published by British Academy, 1997

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297 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man: A Joint Discussion Meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy
• Publisher: British Academy
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197261647
• ISBN 13: 9780197261644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.64 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume brings an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most exciting areas of current behavioral science research. It contains papers by distinguished researchers from Europe and the United States at the forefront of biology, primatology, archaeology, psychology, linguistics, and anthropology. Derived from a Royal Society/British Academy meeting, the papers' topics range from cultural and social behavior among non-human primates, through the interaction of cognitive development with social organization during the Upper Paleolithic, to behavior among modern humans. The volume as a whole reflects the important recent developments in such areas as behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology and the origin and function of language, and scholars and students in these areas will find this information invaluable.

About the Author

W. G. Runciman, Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge. John Maynard Smith, Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Sussex. R.I.M. Dunbar, Professor of Psychology, University of Liverpool.