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Social Evolution And Inclusive Fitness Theory : An Introduction
Hardback Edition: 1
James Marshall guides readers through the vast and confusing literature on the evolution of social behavior, introducing and explaining the competing theories that claim to provide answers to questions such as why animals evolve to behave altruistically. Using simple statistical language and techniques that practicing biologists will be familiar with, he provides a comprehensive yet easily understandable treatment of key concepts and their repeated misinterpretations. Particular attention is paid to how more realistic features of behavior, such as nonadditivity and conditionality, can complicate analysis. Marshall highlights the general problem of identifying the underlying causes of evolutionary change, and proposes fruitful approaches to doing so in the study of social evolution.
Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory describes how inclusive fitness theory addresses both simple and complex social scenarios, the controversies surrounding the theory, and how experimental work supports the theory as the most powerful explanation for social behavior and its evolution.
Pages : 240
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Publication date : 2015-04-26
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Science And Technology, Social Sciences, Anthropology/archaeology, Biology, Sociology, Psychology, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Evolution, Zoology & Animal Sciences, Psychological Theory & Schools Of Thought