Dunbar, R. I. M. 1947-

Human evolution : our brains and behavior / Robin Dunbar. - 415 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- CHAPTER 1 What We Have to Explain -- CHAPTER 2 The Bases of Primate Sociality -- CHAPTER 3 The Essential Framework -- CHAPTER 4 The First Transition: THE AUSTRALOPITHECINES -- CHAPTER 5 The Second Transition: EARLY HOMO -- CHAPTER 6 The Third Transition: ARCHAIC HUMANS -- CHAPTER 7 The Fourth Transition: MODERN HUMANS -- CHAPTER 8 How Kinship, Language and Culture Came to Be -- CHAPTER 9 The Fifth Transition: THE NEOLITHIC AND BEYOND.

"This book covers the psychological aspects of human evolution with a table of contents ranging from prehistoric times to modern days. Dunbar focuses on an aspect of evolution that has typically been overshadowed by the archaeological record: the biological, neurological, and genetic changes that occurred with each "transition" in the evolutionary narrative"--

9780190616786 (hardback)

2016009401


Evolutionary psychology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution.

BF698.95 / .D85 2016

155.7