Title:
Games primates play : an undercover investigation of the evolution and economics of human relationships
Author:
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c2012.
Physical Description:
xviii, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780465020782
9780465029303
Abstract:
A primatologist examines unspoken social customs, from jilting a lover to being competitive on the job, to explain how behavioral complexities are linked to humans' primate heritage.
Contents:
Dilemmas in the elevator -- The obsession with dominance -- We are all Mafiosi -- Climbing the ladder -- Cooperate in the spotlight, compete in the dark -- The economics and evolutionary biology of love -- Testing the bond -- Shopping for partners in the biological market -- The evolution of human social behavior.
Language:
English
