Evolution of social behaviour patterns in primates and man
Subtitle: a joint discussion meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy
By: edited by W.G. Runciman, John Maynard Smith & R.I.M. Dunbar.
Contributors: Runciman, W. G. 1934-; Maynard Smith, John, 1920-; Dunbar, R. I. M. 1947-; Royal Society (Great Britain); British Academy.
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy,; 88
Publisher: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press; British Academy; Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Interpersonal relations -- Congresses.; Human behavior -- Congresses.; Primates -- Behavior -- Congresses.; Social behavior in animals -- Congresses.; Behavior evolution -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The fourteen contributions testify to the increasing co-operation which is bringing together biologists, primatologists, archaeologists, psychologists, linguists and anthropologists who share a common interest in the study of social and cultural behaviour from an evolutionary perspective.

The papers, derived from a Royal Society/British Academy meeting, range in topic from cultural and social behaviour among non-human primates, through the interaction of cognitive development with social organization during the Upper Palaeolithic, to behaviour (including linguistic behaviour) among modern humans. This volume reflects the important recent developments in such areas as behavioural ecology, evolutionary psychology and the origin and function of language.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.