How Humans Evolved, Third Edition
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Book Description
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. For the Third Edition, the authors have revisited many chapters in depth, added new supplemental readings, and incorporated the latest archaeological findings, including coverage of the fossil cranium Sahelanthropus tchadensis, whose dating was announced in the summer of 2002.
About the Author
Robert Boyd has written widely on evolutionary theory, focusing especially on the evolution of cooperation and role of culture in human evolution. His book, Culture and the Evolutionary Process, received the J. I. Staley Prize. He has also published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. He is currently co-director of the MacArthur Preferences Network and professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Joan B. Silk has conducted extensive research on the social lives of monkeys and apes, including extensive fieldwork on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania and baboons in Kenya and Botswana. She is also interested in the application of evolutionary thinking to human behavior, especially adoption and friendship. She has published over sixty papers in scientific journals and scholarly edited volumes, and is currently professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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