A short, stimulating book on the relevance of biological evolution to the study of behaviour. Goldsmith argues that anyone studying the social behaviour of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause - the physiology, biochemistry, and social mechanisms of behaviour, and the ultimate cause - how the behaviour came to exist in evolutionary time. Many of the confusing and misunderstood elements of sociobiology are clearly explained for the general reader.
| ISBN: | 9780195093933 |
| Publication date: | 25th May 1995 |
| Author: | Timothy H. (Professor of Biology, Professor of Biology, Yale University) Goldsmith |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Genres: |
Evolution Sociology and anthropology Behaviourism, Behavioural theory |