Human social evolution: the foundational works of Richard D. Alexander

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Richard D. Alexander is an accomplished entomologist who turned his attention to solving some of the most perplexing problems associated with the evolution of human social systems. Using impeccable Darwinian logic and elaborating, extending and adding to the classic theoretical contributions of pioneers of behavioral and evolutionary ecology like George Williams, William Hamilton and Robert Trivers, Alexander developed the most detailed and comprehensive vision of human social evolution of his era. His ideas and hypotheses have inspired countless biologists, anthropologists, psychologists and.;Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi; PART I: General Foundations; 1. Insect Behavior and Social Evolution; Introduction: From Cricket Taxonomy to a Darwinian Philosophy of Man by Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1969. Comparative animal behavior and systematics. In: Systematic Biology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Systematics (Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1967). National Academy of Sciences Publication 1962: 494-517; 2. Cooperation. Cover Contents Contributors Preface Introduction: Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi PART I: General Foundations 1. Insect Behavior and Social Evolution Introduction: From Cricket Taxonomy to a Darwinian Philosophy of Man by Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1969. Comparative animal behavior and systematics. In: Systematic Biology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Systematics (Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1967). National Academy of Sciences Publication 1962: 494-517 2. Cooperation. Introduction: A New Theory of Cooperation by Steven Frank, University of California at IrvineExcerpt from: Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems . New York: Aldine Press. 3. Eusociality in Naked Mole-Rats Introduction: Richard Alexander, the Naked Mole-Rat, and the Evolution of Eusociality by Paul Sherman, Cornell University Excerpt from Alexander, R.D., Noonan, K.M. and Crespi, B.J. 1991. The Evolution of Eusociality. In P. Sherman, J. Jarvis and R.D. Alexander (eds.). The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat: 3-44. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 4. Parent-Offspring Conflict and ManipulationIntroduction: The Evolution of Social Behavior by David Queller, Washington University Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1974. The evolution of social behavior. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 5:325-383. PART II: Human Social Evolution 5. Biology and Culture Introduction by Mark Flinn, University of Missouri Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. Evolution and culture. In Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior: an Anthropological Perspective. N. Chagnon and W.G. Irons (eds.): pp. 59-78. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury Press. 6. Intergroup Competition and Within-group CooperationIntroduction: Thinking about Human Aggression, Past and Present: Alexander and Tinkle's (1968) Review of Lorenz and Ardrey by Bobbi Low, University of Michigan Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. and Tinkle, D.W. 1968. Review of On Aggression by Konrad Lorenz and The Territorial Imperative by Robert Ardrey. Bioscience 18:245-248. 7. Kinship, Parental Care, and Human Societies Introduction: Concealed Ovulation in Humans: Further Evidence by Beverly Strassmann, University of Michigan. Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. and Noonan, K.M. 1979. Concealment of ovulation, parental care, and human social evolution. In N.A. Chagnon and W.G. Irons (eds.). Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective. 436-453. An Anthropological Perspective. 436-453. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury Press. 8. Human Childhood Introduction: Altriciality, Neoteny, and Pleiotropy by Paul Turke, University of Michigan.