Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert

Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers (Evolution and Cognition)

Robert Trivers is a pioneering figure in the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism, parent-offspring conflicts, and asymmetry in sexual selection, which helped to establish the centrality of sociobiology, as well as some of his later work on deceit in signalling, sex antagonistic genes, and imprinting. Trivers introduces each paper, setting them in their contemporary context, and critically evaluating them in the light of subsequent work and further developments. The result is a unique portrait of the intellectual development of sociobiology, with valuable insights for evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology.
Country USA
Brand Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780195130621
ReleaseDate 2002-09-05
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EANs 9780195130621

Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers (Evolution and Cognition)