Aggression in Humans and Other Primates : : Biology, Psychology, Sociology / / ed. by Hans-Henning Kortüm, Jürgen Heinze.

In this work aggression and conflict in man and other primates are interpreted in the light of evolutionary biology and game theory models. Unitl now interdisciplinary collaboration between the humanities and the natural sciences has been rare and hampered by different methodologies and terminology....

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editors’ Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Aggression in Humans and Other Animals – A Biological Prelude
  • Aggression/Violence in Humans and Other Primates – A Historian’s Prelude
  • What Theoretical Biology has to say on Aggression in Humans and Animals
  • Violence among our Close Relatives - Aggression in Non-Human Primate Societies
  • Explaining Aggression: The Ultimate-Proximate Problem
  • Human Sex Differences in Aggression from the Perspective of Sexual Selection
  • The Logic of Aggression
  • What causes Large-Scale Variation in Homicide Rates?
  • One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Violence, Uncertainty, and Safety
  • Index