Science Books

How Humans Evolved, Fourth Edition

How Humans Evolved uses the broad perspective of behavioral ecology, drawing on Robert Boyd's expertise in evolutionary theory and Joan Silk's specialty in primate behavior in a uniquely integrative text.

See also:

Computers & Math

Mathematical Modeling

Fossils & Ruins

Mind & Brain

Psychology

Plants & Animals

Reference

For more information about the title How Humans Evolved, Fourth Edition, read the full description at Amazon.com, or see the following related books:

Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved (The University Center for Human Values Series) — "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring ... > read more

Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach — This new edition of Animal Behavior has been completely rewritten, resulting in a more compact yet thoroughly up-to-date text. Notable is the ... > read more

Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind — The only book that integrates the foundations and the most current innovations in the field from the ground up. Over the past twenty years, this ... > read more

Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective (with InfoTrac®) — Ashford, LeCroy, and Lortie's ground-breaking book offers students a balanced, integrated introduction to human behavior in the social environment. ... > read more

Note: This page refers to a book description provided by Amazon.com through its Associates Program. All text, images, and related information about this product are protected by applicable copyright law. Prices are subject to change without notice.

Recommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:

Other bookmarking and sharing tools:

| More

Authors: Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Date: Oct. 21, 2005

List Price:

~~$90.00~~

Discount Price:

$57.97

Movement Ecology: Unifying Theory Of How Plants And Animals Move From One Place To Another (December 24, 2008) — Movement ecology is a developing academic pursuit, combining expertise in a variety of fields, including biology, ecology, botany, environmental science, physics, mathematics, virology and others. It ... > read more

Bees Are The New Silkworms (November 27, 2007) — Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spiders use it for their webs. But they are not the only invertebrates who make use of the strength ... > read more

Social Behavior Among Monkeys May Be More Nature Than Nurture (December 4, 2003) — An unusual experiment with monkeys who were switched between mothers shortly after birth has demonstrated the importance of nature over nurture in ... > read more

Promiscuity May Be Key Factor In Immune System Evolution, Study Suggests (November 13, 2000) — A study being published in Science indicates that evolution of the immune system may be directly linked to the sexual activity of a ... > read more

For Female Baboons, Too, It's Good to Have Friends (July 6, 2010) — Female baboons that maintain closer ties with other members of their troop live substantially longer than do those whose social bonds are less stable, a recent study has found. The researchers say ... > read more

Artificial Bee Silk a Big Step Closer to Reality (March 3, 2010) — Scientists have achieved another important milestone in the international quest to artificially produce insect ... > read more