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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 biology and sociobiology. Hughes applies the principles of kin selection theory - which states that natural selection can favour social acts that increase the fitness of both individuals and their close relatives - to anthropological data, using mathematical and statistical techniques.

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""Hughes succeeds well, drawing on existing anthropological literature and interpreting and reinterpreting it in the light of his biological perspective. The real test, of course comes now as he invites empirical anthropologists to pick up his formal tools and to see if they can be used to push into new grounds, forcing new discoveries and revealing hitherto unsuspected links. . . .This is an important book."" --The Quarterly Review of Biology ""Throws an important new light on our understanding of inclusive fitness theory, as well as on the way we apply sociobiological principles to the study of Man"" --Trends in Ecology & Evolution ""Hughes succeeds well, drawing on existing anthropological literature and interpreting and reinterpreting it in the light of his biological perspective. The real test, of course comes now as he invites empirical anthropologists to pick up his formal tools and to see if they can be used to push into new grounds, forcing new discoveries and revealing hitherto unsuspected links. . . .This is an important book."" --The Quarterly Review of Biology ""Throws an important new light on our understanding of inclusive fitness theory, as well as on the way we apply sociobiological principles to the study of Man"" --Trends in Ecology & Evolution

<br> Hughes succeeds well, drawing on existing anthropological literature and interpreting and reinterpreting it in the light of his biological perspective. The real test, of course comes now as he invites empirical anthropologists to pick up his formal tools and to see if they can be used to push into new grounds, forcing new discoveries and revealing hitherto unsuspected links. . . .This is an important book. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br> Throws an important new light on our understanding of inclusive fitness theory, as well as on the way we apply sociobiological principles to the study of Man --Trends in Ecology & Evolution<br>

Hughes succeeds well, drawing on existing anthropological literature and interpreting and reinterpreting it in the light of his biological perspective. The real test, of course comes now as he invites empirical anthropologists to pick up his formal tools and to see if they can be used to push into new grounds, forcing new discoveries and revealing hitherto unsuspected links. . . .This is an important book. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br> Throws an important new light on our understanding of inclusive fitness theory, as well as on the way we apply sociobiological principles to the study of Man --Trends in Ecology & Evolution<br>

'Written to help, in the debate on assisted reproduction by providing relevant information on the issues under discussion.'Contemporary Reviews in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 'This book should be read by all those seriousl taking part in the debate on assisted reproduction and embryo research and the consequences...This book gives a concise and up to date description of the scientific, ehtical and legal aspects of this field and should assist better informal debate.comtemporary Reviews in Obstetrics and Ggynacology 'This book...throws an important new light on our understanding of inclusive fitness theory, as well as on the way we apply sociobiological principles to the study of Man. The challenge it throws at conventional sociobiological theory is bound to generate important new insights.' TREE

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