Evolution and human kinship
While there have been controversial attempts to link conclusions from sociobiological studies of animal populations to humans, few behavioural scientists or anthropologists have made serious progress.This book presents a theoretical approach to human social behaviour that is rooted in evolutionary b...
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New York :
Oxford University Press ,
1988
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Philosophical Background
- 2. The Theory of Kin Selection
- 3. Coperation and Sharing among kin
- 4. The Structure of Relatedness
- 5. Kin Group Subdivision and Conflict
- 6. Kinship and Leadership
- 7. The Structure of Kinship Terminologies
- 8. Prospects for a Biologically Based Social Science