\ Carel P. Van Schaik, University of Zurich, Switzerland
illustrations by Perry van Duijnhoven
Hoboken, New Jersey
: Wiley Blackwell
, 2016
xx, 517 pages
:illustrations
Foundations of Human Biology
Bibliography
Index
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.