Human Social Evolution

Kyle Summers is Professor of Biology at East Carolina University. Bernard Crespi is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Simon Fraser University.

Introduction - Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi ; Part I - General Foundations ; Chapter 1: Insect Behavior & Evolution ; Introduction 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. ; Chapter 2: Cooperation ; Introduction by Steven Frank, University of California at Irvine. ; Excerpt from: Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems. New York, Aldine Press. ; Chapter 3: Eusociality in Naked Mole Rats ; Introduction 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. ; Chapter 4: Parent-offspring Conflict and Manipulation ; Introduction 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 ; Chapter 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. ; Chapter 6: Intergroup Competition and Within-group Cooperation ; Introduction 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. ; Chapter 7: Kinship, Parental Care, and Human Societies ; Introduction 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. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury Press. ; Chapter 8: Human Childhood ; Introduction by Paul Turke, University of Michigan. ; Altriciality: Why are human babies helpless? In Alexander, R.D. 1990. How Did Humans Evolve? Reflections on a Uniquely Unique Species. Univ. Mich. Zool. Special ; Publication 1: 1-38. ; Chapter 9: Indirect Reciprocity ; Introduction by Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna. ; Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 1986. The Biology of Moral Systems. New York, Aldine Press. ; Chapter 10: The Evolution of Intelligence ; Introduction by Robin Dunbar, Oxford University. ; Alexander, R.D. Evolution of the Human Psyche 1989. In P. Mellars and C. Stringer (eds). The Human Revolution. Behavioral and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans: pp. 455-513. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ; Chapter 11: Evolution of Morality ; Introduction by David Lahti, City University of New York. ; Alexander, R.D. Biology and the Moral Paradoxes. Journal of Biological Structures 5:389-395. ; Chapter 12: Evolution and Humor ; Introduction by Stanton Braude, Washington University. ; Alexander, R.D. Ostracism and Indirect Reciprocity: The Reproductive Significance of Humor. 1986. Ethology and Sociobiology 7: 253-270. ; Chapter 13: Ecological Constraints and Human Cooperation ; Introduction by Laura Betzig, University of Michigan. ; 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: pp. 3-44. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ; Chapter 14: Evolution and Religion ; Introduction by William Irons, Northwestern University. ; Religion, Evolution and the Quest for Global Harmony - Original essay for this volume. ; Chapter 15: Evolution and the Arts ; Introduction by Kyle Summers, East Carolina University & Bernard Crespi, Simon Fraser University. ; Excerpt from Alexander, R.D. 2003. Evolutionary Selection and the Nature of Humanity. Chapter 15. In: V. Hosle and Ch. Illies (eds). Darwinism and Philosophy. University of Notre Dame Press.