Mind the gap : tracing the origins of human universals / Peter M. Kappeler, Joan B. Silk, editors.

Other author Kappeler, Peter M.
Other author Silk, Joan B.
Other author Göttinger Freilandtage 2007 : Göttingen, Germany)
Format Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; London ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Descriptionxix, 503 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Social evolution.
Social evolution in animals.
Human behavior.
Human evolution.
Primates--Behavior.
Primates--Evolution.

Contents Primate behavior and human universals : exploring the gap / Peter M. Kappeler ... [et al.] -- The deep structure of human society : primate origins and evolution / Bernard Chapais -- Conflict and bonding between the sexes / Ryne A. Palombit -- The unusual women of Mpimbwe : why sex differences in humans are not universal / Monique Borgerhoff Mulder -- Dominance, power, and politics in non-human and human primates / David P. Watts -- Human power and prestige systems / Aimée M. Plourde -- The end of the republic (human reproductive strategies) / Laura Betzig -- Intergroup aggression in primates and humans : the case for a unified theory / Margaret C. Crofoot and Richard W. Wrangham -- Why war? : motivations for fighting in the human state of nature / Azar Gat -- From grooming to giving blood : the origins of human altruism / Joan B. Silk and Robert Boyd -- Evolved irrationality? : equity and the origins of human economic behavior / Venkat Lakshminarayanan and Laurie R. Santos -- From whence the captains of our lives : ultimate and phylogenetic perspectives on emotions in humans and other primates / Daniel M.T. Fessler and Matthew Gervais -- Primate communication and human language : continuities and discontinuities / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth -- Language, lies and lipstick : a speculative reconstruction of the African Middle Stone Age 'human revolution' / Chris Knight -- Brain and behaviour in primate evolution / Robin I.M. Dunbar -- The gap is social : human shared intentionality and culture / Michael Tomasello and Henrike Moll -- The evolution and development of human social cognition / David F. Bjorklund, Kayla Causey, and Virginia Periss -- Deceit and self-deception / Robert Trivers -- Human universals and primate symplesiomorphies : establishing the lemur baseline / Claudia Fichtel and Peter M. Kappeler -- Ape behavior and the origins of human culture / Andrew Whiten -- The coevolution of genes, innovation, and culture in human evolution / Richard McElreath -- Mind the gap : cooperative breeding and the evolution of our unique features / Carel P. van Schaik and Judith M. Burkart.
General noteBased on papers presented at the Sixth Göttinger Freilandtage held in Dec. 2007 in Göttingen, Germany. Cf. acknowledgments.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009932123
ISBN9783642027246 (pbk.)
ISBN3642027245 (pbk.)
ISBN9783642027253 (ebook)
ISBN3642027253 (ebook)

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Joyner General Stacks GN360 .M563 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold