Reproductive Decisions: An Economic Analysis of Gelada Baboon Social Strategies: 45 (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) - Hardcover

Dunbar, Robin I. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691639949 ISBN 13: 9780691639949

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Robin Dunbar uses economic models to explore the social behavior of the gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada), a unique species, whose social system is one of the most complex among the primates. His work illustrates the value of an approach that views social behavior as being ultimately concerned with reproduction and with the maximizing of an individual's contribution to its species' gene pool.

Originally published in 1985.

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About the Author

Robin Dunbar is head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford. He has published numerous books including Grooming Gossip and the Evolution of Language (2004), The Human Story (2005), How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks (2011), The Science of Love (2012) and The Science of Love and Betrayal (2013).

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691639949
• ISBN 13: 9780691639949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276