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Author:   Betzig
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.780kg
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9780195098655

ISBN 10:   019509865
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   10 October 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1: Laura Betzig: People are animals STUDIES OF TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES 2: Alejandro Kacelnik and John Krebs: Critique: Inward and outward: mind gets at behavior, behavior at mind 3: William Irons: Classic: Cultural and biological success 4: William Irons: Critique: Looking back two decades 5: Eric Alden Smith: Classic: Inuit foraging groups: some simple models incorporating conflicts of interest, relatedness, and central place sharing 6: Eric Alden Smith: Critique: Sex is not enough 7: Nicholas Blurton Jones: Classic: Bushman birth spacing: a test for optimal interbirth intervals 8: Nicholas Blurton Jones: Critique: Too good to be true? 9: Napoleon Chagnon: Classic: Life histories, blood revenge and warfare in a tribal population 10: Critique: Sticks and stones 11: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder: Classic: Kipsigis women's preferences for wealthy men: evidence for female choice in mammals? 12: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder: Critique: Marrying a married man 13: Kim Hill and Ana Magdalena Hurtado: Classic: The evolution of premature reproductive senescence and menopause in human females: an evaluation of the 'grandmother hypothesis' 14: Kim Hill and Ana Magdalena Hurtado: Critique: How much does grandma help? STUDIES OF MODERN SOCIETIES 15: Paul Sherman and Hudson Kern Reeve: Critique: Forward and backward: alternative approaches to studying human social evolution 16: Martin Daly and Margo Wilson: Classic: Child abuse and other risks of not living with both parents 17: Martin Daly and Margo Wilson: Critiqye: Cinderella revisited 18: David Buss: Classic: Sex differences in human mate preferences: evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures 19: David Buss: Critique: Just another brick in the wall 20: Bruce Ellis and Donald Symons: Classic: Sex differences in sexual fantasy: an evolutionary psychological approach 21: Donald Symons, Catherine Salmon and Bruce Ellis: Critique: Unobtrusive measures of human sexuality 22: Donald Kenrick, Edward Sadalla, Gary Groth and Melanie Trost: Classic: Evolution, traits, and the stages of human courtship: qualifying the parental investment model 23: Douglas Kenrick, Edward Sadlla, Gary Groth and Melanie Trost: Critique: Where and when are women more selective than men? 24: Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill and Randy Thornhill: Classic: Evolutionary analysis of psychological pain of rape victims 25: Randy Thornhill: Critique: Rape-victim psychological pain revisited 26: Leda Cosmides and John Tooby: Classic: Cognitive adaptations for social exchange 27: John Tooby and Leda Cosmides: Critique: Think again COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL STUDIES 28: Ruth Mace and Mark Pagel: Critique: Tips, branches and nodes: seeking adaptation through comparative studies 29: Mildred Dickemann: Classic: Paternal confidence and dowry competition: a biocultural analysis of purdah 30: Mildred Dickemann: Critique: Cleo unveiled 31: John Hartung: Classic: Polygyny and the inheritance of wealth 32: John Hartung: Classic: If I had to do over 33: Bobbi Low: Classic: Cross-cultural patterns in the training of children 34: Bobbi Low: Critique: Comparing Snakes and Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails to Sugar and Spice: Reflections on Cross Cultural Testing of Hypotheses 35: Steve Gaulin and James Boster: Classic: Dowry as female competition 36: Steve Gaulin and James Boster: Critique: When are husbands worth fighting for? 37: Laura Betzig: Classic: Roman polygyny 38: Laura Betzig: Critique: Why a despot? 39: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Classic: Fitness tradeoffs in the history and evolution of delegated mothering with special reference to wet-nursing, abandonment, and infanticide 40: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Critique: Mainstreaming Medea

Reviews

Laura Betzig has edited a timely and stimulating volume that should interest those concerned with human ecology, evolution and behaviour ... Betzig's text provides a thoughtful review and a rich discourse on the (adaptive) nature of human beings, a field destined to contribute to mainstream life science. Clara B. Jones, Endeavour Vol.22 (1) 1998

"""Great! I can't wait to use it in my senior seminar!""--Vicki K. Bentley-Condit, Grinnell College ""An excellent text for courses in which students find and present current research. It provides a comprehensive historical and contemporary foundation for their presentations.""--Henry Schreiber, University of Texas at Schreiber ""This is a useful and thoughtful collection of readings.""--Kent Berridge, University of Michigan Advance praise: ""The tabula of human nature was never rasa and it is now being read. The inscription found is no dogma or world system and it bids to build no empire whose later painful collapse will sweep it away. Darwinist and self-critical, data-based from pole to tropic and from gamete to despot, the text is the science of a young and growing army. [This] book is their story and it shows what we are universally like -- and above all, it explains why. Thirty years ago I had no idea that a critique I had a hand in could reach so far into the human sphere and explain so much. To the romantic I was then, it's depressing that it can; to me now, on the whole, it's inspiring."" -- Bill Hamilton, University of Oxford ""Betzig has put together an exciting and authentic picture of current evolutionary studies of human behavior, and of both their triumphs and pitfalls. Anyone with any interest in Betzig's big questions, 'where we came from, why we're here, and who we are' ought to read this book. The book's organization and juxtaposed selections make it thought-provoking in a way reminiscent of the classic dialogues of Socrates, Galileo, and Hume. It is an ideal way to introduce students to recent progress in the biology of human behavior."" --George Williams, Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Stonybrook ""This book offers a sampling of some of the best empirical work in human sociobiology from its beginnings some 20 years ago.""--American Anthropologist ""Collectively, these works cover a lot of territory, and vividly depict the mosaic character of the field....a useful methodological resource for veteran behavioral and life scientists.""--Peggy La Cerra, Quarterly Review of Biology"

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