How did humans evolve?
Subtitle: reflections on the uniquely unique species
By: Richard D. Alexander.
Series: Special publication / Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan ;
Publisher: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Human evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-38).
Table of contents: label: CONTENTS
title: 5; label: INTRODUCTION
title: 6; label: A NOTE ON METHOD
title: 6; label: WHAT GENERAL SELECTIVE FORCES HAVE DRIVEN HUMAN EVOLUTION?
title: 8; label: - A PARADOX
title: 8; label: - A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
title: 8; label: - THE BRAIN AS A SOCIAL TOOL
title: 9; label: - THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE
title: 11; label: - SOCIAL COMPETITION AND SCENARIO-BUILDING
title: 12; label: - ARE SOME ASPECTS OF HUMAN STRIVING IRRELEVANT TO EVOLUTION?
title: 13; label: - ALTRUISM, KINSHIP, AND RECIPROCITY
title: 15; label: - DISCUSSION
title: 15; label: HOW HAVE THE VARIOUS UNIQUE AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF HUMANS ANDTHEIR SOCIAL LIFE APPEARED?
title: 17; label: - INTRODUCTION
title: 17; label: - MENOPAUSE
title: 17; label: - CONCEALMENT OF OVULATION
title: 21; label: - ALTRICIALITY: WHY ARE HUMAN BABIES HELPLESS?
title: 25; label: - HAIRLESSNESS IN LATE JUVENILE AND ADULT HUMANS
title: 31; label: SYNTHESIS: PARENTAL INVESTMENT AND THE UNIQUENESS OF THE HUMAN SOCIAL SITUATION
title: 34; label: - PATERNAL CARE IN MULTI-MALE SOCIAL GROUPS
title: 34; label: - RECIPROCITY AMONG MALES AND COMPETITION FOR FEMALES
title: 36; label: CONCLUSIONS
title: 38; label: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
title: 39; label: REFERENCES
title: 40