Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty Fifth Anniversary Edition 2nd Edition, (Ebook PDF) – Digital Instant Dowload.

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674002350
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674002357
• Author:  Edward O. Wilson

In the introduction to this Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, Edward O. Wilson shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature. Human sociobiology, now often called evolutionary psychology, has in the last quarter of a century emerged as its own field of study, drawing on theory and data from both biology and the social sciences.

Table contents:

Part I: Social Evolution

1. The Morality of the Gene

2. Elementary Concepts of Sociobiology

3. The Prime Movers of Social Evolution

4. The Relevant Principles of Population Biology

5. Group Selection and Altruism

 

Part II: Social Mechanisms

6. Group Size, Reproduction, and Time-Energy Budgets

7. The Development and Modification of Social Behavior

8. Communication: Basic Principles

9. Communication: Functions and Complex Systems

10. Communicaion: Origins and Evolution

11. Aggression

12. Social Spacing, Including Territory

13. Dominance Systems

14. Roles and Castes

15. Sex and Society

16. Parental Care

17. Social Symbioses

 

Part III: The Social Species

18. The Four Pinnacles of Social Evolution

19. The Colonial Microorganisms and Invertebrates

20. The Social Insects

21. The Cold-Blooded Vertebrates

22. The Birds

23. Evolutionary Trends within the Mammals

24. The Ungulates and Elephants

25. The Carnivores

26. The Nonhuman Primates

27. Man: From Sociobiology to Sociology Glossary Bibliography