Title: Genes, memes and human history :
Authors: Shennan, Stephen.
Date: 2002
Publisher: Thames & Hudson,
Physical description: 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Abstract: "With 47 illustrations." Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298) and index.
Contents: Introduction: why Darwinian archaeology? -- Behavioural ecology: the evolutionary study of behaviour -- Culture as an evolutionary system -- The evolutionary archaeology of cultural traditions -- Human life histories and their population consequences -- The archaeology of getting a living: long-term patterns in the human exploitation of resources -- Male-female relations in evolutionary perspective: the role of sexual selection -- The history of social contracts and the evolution of property -- Competition, cooperation, and warfare: the role of group selection -- History, adaptation, and self-organization.
Notes: "With 47 illustrations".
Subject headings (LCSH): Evolutionary genetics.; Social evolution.