\ Carel P. Van Schaik, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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illustrations by Perry van Duijnhoven
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wiley Blackwell
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xx, 517 pages
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:illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Foundations of Human Biology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Bibliography
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Index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.