Evolution and Human Kinship

by Austin L . Hughes (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1988

  $120.60

  Hughes here presents a theoretical approach to human social behaviour that is rooted in evolutionary biology and sociobiology. He applies the principles of kin selection theory - which states that natural selection can favour social acts that increase the fitness of both individuals and their close relatives - to anthropological data, using mathematical and statistical techniques.