Human Behavioral Ecology
Part of Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- Editors:
- Jeremy Koster, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
- Brooke Scelza, University of California, Los Angeles
- Mary K. Shenk, Pennsylvania State University
- Date Published: March 2024
- availability: Not yet published - available from November 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108434348
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Human behavioral ecology (HBE) applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimisation to the study of human behavioural and cultural diversity. Among other things, HBE attempts to explain variation in behaviour as adaptive solutions to the competing life-history demands of growth, development, reproduction, parental care, and mate acquisition. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical orientation and specific findings of HBE. It consolidates the insights of evolution and human behaviour into a single volume that reflects the current state and future of the field. It brings together leading scholars from across the evolutionary social sciences to provide a comprehensive and thought-provoking review of the state of the topic. Throughout, the authors explain the latest developments in theory and highlight critical debates in the literature, while also engaging readers with ethnographic insights and field-based studies that remain at the core of human behavioral ecology.
Read more- Provides a thorough overview of theory and empirical research in the field of human behavioral ecology
- Each chapter provides a mix of theory, methods and empirical studies on topics ranging from the sexual division of labor, the demographic transition, and status acquisition to the roles of mating, marriage, and parenting in human societies
- Allows readers to gain an integrated perspective on the relevance of studying human behavior for improving understandings of hominin evolution
- Includes examples of multiple Human Behavioral Ecology models to illustrate the logic of optimization principles
- Provides clear and comprehensive reviews of key topics, and integration with all of the major fields in the evolutionary social sciences
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'This is a fantastic book and the best yet on HBE. The authors are standard bearers and the new leaders in the field.' Keith Prufer, University of New Mexico, Main Campus
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- Date Published: March 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108434348
- length: 534 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 169 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.91kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from November 2024
Table of Contents
Foreword Eric Alden Smith and Bruce Winterhalder
1. Human behavioral ecology Brooke Scelza, Jeremy Koster and Mary K Shenk
2. Life history Michael D Gurven
3. Foraging strategies Jeremy Koster and Douglas Bird
4. Modes of production Bram Tucker
5. Cooperation Michael Alvard and David Nolin
6. The division of labor Brian F Codding and Rebecca Bliege Bird
7. Status Chris von Rueden
8. Political organization Paul L Hooper and Adrian V Jaeggi
9. Mating Brooke A Scelza
10. Marriage Mary K Shenk
11. Parental care David W Lawson
12. Allocare Karen L Kramer
13. Demography Rebecca Sear, Siobhán M Mattison and Mary K Shenk
14. Human biology Aaron Blackwell and Benjamin C Trumble
15. Cultural evolution Karthik Panchanathan
16. Evolutionary psychology H Clark Barrett
17. The ends of human behavioral ecology Richard McElreath and Jeremy Koster
Bibliography, Index.
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