Socioeconomic aspects of human behavioral ecology /
Socioeconomic aspects of human behavioral ecology /
edited by Michael S. Alvard.
- Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2004.
- x, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Research in economic anthropology, v. 23 0190-1281 ; .
Contains chapters based on presentations to three meetings of the American Anthropological Association.
Includes bibliographical references.
The papers in this volume embody the view of anthropology explicit in the above statement. Behavioral ecology explains human behavior through the application of evolutionary theory in ecological context. It focuses on how behavior is influenced by the constraints of reproduction and resources acquisition. As a result, its purview is a wide swath of anthropology, especially economic anthropology.
9780762310821 (hbk.) 0762310820 (hbk.)
GBA473491 bnb
Social ecology.
Human ecology.
Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
Human behavior -- Economic aspects.
Child development -- Social aspects.
Behavioral ecology
304.2
Contains chapters based on presentations to three meetings of the American Anthropological Association.
Includes bibliographical references.
The papers in this volume embody the view of anthropology explicit in the above statement. Behavioral ecology explains human behavior through the application of evolutionary theory in ecological context. It focuses on how behavior is influenced by the constraints of reproduction and resources acquisition. As a result, its purview is a wide swath of anthropology, especially economic anthropology.
9780762310821 (hbk.) 0762310820 (hbk.)
GBA473491 bnb
Social ecology.
Human ecology.
Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
Human behavior -- Economic aspects.
Child development -- Social aspects.
Behavioral ecology
304.2