Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man.

Runciman, W G, John Maynard Smith and R I M Dunbar:

ISBN 10: 0197261647 / ISBN 13: 9780197261644

Published by Oxford University Press, 1996

About this Item

Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. 297p hardback, crimson cloth with gilt lettering to spine, orange jacket, very good condition, minimal wear, jacket sunned at edges and spine, pen marks to one or two margins of introduction and index, otherwise all pages clean and bright like new, a very good little-used copy Language: English Weight (g): 544.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197261647
• ISBN 13: 9780197261644
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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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.