| Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers Contributor(s): Trivers, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195130626 ISBN-13: 9780195130621 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $57.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Robert Trivers is a pioneering figure in the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism, parent-offspring conflicts, and asymmetry in sexual selection, which helped to establish the centrality of sociobiology, as well as some of his later work on deceit in signalling, sex antagonistic genes, and imprinting. Trivers introduces each paper, setting them in their contemporary context, and critically evaluating them in the light of subsequent work and further developments. The result is a unique portrait of the intellectual development of sociobiology, with valuable insights for evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 304.5 |
| LCCN: 2001036767 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.14" W x 9.28" (1.13 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Robert Trivers is a pioneering figure in the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism, parent-offspring conflicts, and asymmetry in sexual selection, which helped to establish the centrality of sociobiology, as well as some of his later work on deceit in signalling, sex antagonistic genes, and imprinting. Trivers introduces each paper, setting them in their contemporary context, and critically evaluating them in the light of subsequent work and further developments. The result is a unique portrait of the intellectual development of sociobiology, with valuable insights for evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology. |
