Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior (Foundations of Human Behavior) - Softcover

Smith, Eric Alden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0202011844 ISBN 13: 9780202011844

Publisher: Aldine Transaction, 1992

Synopsis

Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior ""a required reading for anyone interested in the economy, ecology, and demography of human societies." "--American Journal of Human Biology ""This excellent book can serve both as a text1/4book and as a scholarly reference." "--American Scientist Full description

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Review:

"The editors set about to create a high-level summary of the field by recruiting authors to prepare critical reviews to a common standard. They did it right--the volume is balanced and strong.... The book is full of new perspectives and refreshing insights.... It ought to become a central source for anthropologists who want to bring modern science to their field."

--Henry Harpending, Science

"This excellent book can serve both as a textbook and a scholarly reference. It provides the best synthesis to date of an endeavor that promises to clarify the interactions between individuals, society and population in human beings. Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior deserves to be read by anthropologists who are not intimidated by biology or numbers, as well as by zoologists and primatologists, who would benefit from seeing familiar and not-so-familiar models applied to different phenomena."

--Carel P. van Schaik, American Scientist

"The editors set about to create a high-level summary of the field by recruiting authors to prepare critical reviews to a common standard. They did it right--the volume is balanced and strong.... The book is full of new perspectives and refreshing insights.... It ought to become a central source for anthropologists who want to bring modern science to their field."

--Henry Harpending, Science

"This excellent book can serve both as a textbook and a scholarly reference. It provides the best synthesis to date of an endeavor that promises to clarify the interactions between individuals, society and population in human beings. Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior deserves to be read by anthropologists who are not intimidated by biology or numbers, as well as by zoologists and primatologists, who would benefit from seeing familiar and not-so-familiar models applied to different phenomena."

--Carel P. van Schaik, American Scientist

-The editors set about to create a high-level summary of the field by recruiting authors to prepare critical reviews to a common standard. They did it right--the volume is balanced and strong.... The book is full of new perspectives and refreshing insights.... It ought to become a central source for anthropologists who want to bring modern science to their field.-

--Henry Harpending, Science

-This excellent book can serve both as a textbook and a scholarly reference. It provides the best synthesis to date of an endeavor that promises to clarify the interactions between individuals, society and population in human beings. Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior deserves to be read by anthropologists who are not intimidated by biology or numbers, as well as by zoologists and primatologists, who would benefit from seeing familiar and not-so-familiar models applied to different phenomena.-

--Carel P. van Schaik, American Scientist

About the Author:

Eric Alden Smith is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Educated at University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) and Cornell University (Ph.D.), he is a specialist in Native American ethnography, ecological and economic anthropology, and evolutionary theory. He and Bruce Winterhalder have edited the seminal Hunter-Gatherer Foraging Strategies, and they are currently completing a volume surveying the application of evolutionary ecology to human behavior. Dr. Smith's next major project involves an analysis of the economic and demographic history of the Inujjuaq region.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aldine Transaction
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0202011844
• ISBN 13: 9780202011844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 486