Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour
Brand: Oxford University Press
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Dimensions: 0.9 x 5.9 x 9.1 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199586969
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Print length: 288 pages
Publication date: June 4, 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0199586967
Edition: 2nd
subtitle: 2nd Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Kevin N. Laland Page search results Kevin N. Laland Gillian Brown
review: Editorial Reviews Review Review from previous edition: "This is a superb book." ―Johan Bolhuis, Trends in Ecology and Evolution "Lucid and balanced, 'Sense and Nonsense' will hopefully reach a broad audience." ―Sarah Hrdy "This is a remarkable book: succinct informative and very sensible. It strips away the polemic to map a way forward, and is worth reading by anybody interested in how best to analyse human behaviour." ―Paul Harvey, T.H.E.S "Laland and Brown are superb pilots for these treacherous waters. It is an altogether excellent book." ―Patrick Bateson "A 'must read' for my undergraduate courses for the foreseeable future." ―Henry Plotkin "I recommend that everyone with some influence or interest in popular culture read this book." ―Mark Pagel, New Scientist "A welcome and incisive corrective to the disarray within evolutionary social theory." ―Herbert Gintis, Human Nature Review About the Author Kevin N. Laland is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews. His research encompasses a range of topics related to animal behaviour and evolution, particularly social learning, gene-culture coevolution, and niche construction. He has published 6 books and over 160 articles on these topics and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is also a former President of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association. Gillian R. Brown is a lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on sex differences in the behaviour of mammals, which she studies from neuroendocrine, developmental and evolutionary perspectives. She has published over 40 articles on sex differences, covering topics such as adaptive birth sex ratios, sex differences in infant and adolescent behaviour, parental investment and the evolution of mating strategies. She has held a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship.