Human nature and the evolution of society
By: Stephen K. Sanderson
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780813349367; 9780813349374
Subjects: Social evolution; Human evolution; Human behavior; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
Description: " If evolution has changed humans physically, has it also affected human behavior? Drawing on evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, and human behavioral ecology, Human Nature and the Evolution of Society explores the evolutionary dynamics underlying social life.  In this introduction to human behavior and the organization of social life, Stephen K. Sanderson discusses traditional subjects like mating behavior, kinship, parenthood, status-seeking, and violence, as well as important topics seldom included in books of this type, especially gender, economies, politics, foodways, race and ethnicity, and the arts. Examples and research on a wide range of human societies, both industrial and nonindustrial, are integrated throughout. With chapter summaries of key points, thoughtful discussion questions, and important terms defined within the text, the result is a broad-ranging and comprehensive consideration of human society, thoroughly grounded in an evolutionary perspective"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-426) and index.