Human social evolution : the foundational works of Richard D. Alexander /
Alexander, Richard D.
Summers, Kyle.
Crespi, Bernard J.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Insect behavior and social evolution. Introduction : From cricket taxonomy to a Darwinian philosophy of man / by Mary Jane West-Eberhard ; Comparative animal behavior and systematics. 1969 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander -- 2. Cooperation. Introduction : A new theory of cooperation / by Steven Frank ; The biology of moral systems. 1986 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander -- 3. Eusociality in naked mole rats. Introduction : Richard Alexander, the naked mole-rat, and the evolution of eusociality / by Paul Sherman ; The evolution of eusociality. 1991 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander, K.M. Noonan, and B.J. Crespi -- 4. Parent-offspring conflict and manipulation. Introduction : The evolution of social behavior / by David Queller ; The evolution of social behavior. 1974 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander -- 5. Biology and culture. Introduction / by Mark Flinn ; Evolution and culture. [1979] (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander -- 6. Intergroup competition and within-group cooperation. Introduction : Thinking about human aggression, past and present / by Bobbi Low ; Review (excerpt) of On aggression by Konrad Lorenz and The territorial imperative by Robert Ardrey. 1969 / R.D. Alexander and D.W. Tinkle -- 7. Kinship, parental care, and human societies. Introduction : Concealed ovulation in humans : further evidence / by Beverly Strassmann ; Concealment of ovulation, parental care, and human social evolution. 1979 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander and K.M. Noonan -- 8. Human childhood. Introduction : Altriciality, neoteny, and pleiotropy / by Paul Turke ; Altriciality : why are human babies helpless? 1990 / R.D. Alexander -- 9. Indirect reciprocity. Introduction : The basis of morality : Richard Alexander on indirect reciprocity / by Karl Sigmund ; The biology of moral systems. 1986 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander -- 10. The evolution of intelligence. Introduction : Reflections of the evolution of the human psyche / by R.I.M. Dunbar ; Evolution of the human psyche. 1989 / R.D. Alexander -- 11. Evolution of morality. Introduction : Twelve (more) things about the evolution of morality that make people nauseous / by David Lahti ; Biology and the moral paradoxes / R.D. Alexander -- 12. Evolution and humor. Introduction : The adaptive significance of humor / by Stan Braude ; Ostracism and indirect reciprocity : the reproductive significance of humor. 1986 / R.D. Alexander -- 13. Ecological constraints and human cooperation. Introduction : Darwin's question : how can sterility evolve? / by Laura Betzig ; The evolution of eusociality. 1991 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander, K.M. Noonan, and B.J. Crespi -- 14. Evolution and religion. Introduction : The concept of God as a metaphor for social unity : Richard Alexander's hypothesis / by William Irons ; Religion, evolution and the quest for global harmony - original essay for this volume / R.D. Alexander -- 15. Evolution and the arts. Introduction : Cornerstone to capstone : Richard Alexander on social selection and the arts / by Kyle Summers ; Evolutionary selection and the nature of humanity. 2003 (excerpt) / R.D. Alexander.
Alexander, Richard D.
Alexander, Richard D.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Natural selection.