Natural selection and social theory
Subtitle: selected papers of Robert L. Trivers
By: Robert Trivers.
Series: Evolution and cognition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Sociobiology; Evolution (Biology); Social evolution in animals
Notes: A collection of 10 papers, 5 published in scholarly journals between 1971-1976 and 5 between 1982-2000.

Reciprocal altruism -- Parental investment and reproductive success -- The Trivers-Willard effect -- Parent-offspring conflict -- Haplodiploidy and the social insects -- Size and reproductive success in a lizard -- Selecting good genes for daughters -- Self-deception in service of deceit -- Genomic imprinting -- Fluctuating asymmmetry and 2nd:4th digit ratio in children.

Includes bibliographical references and index.