Social Evolution

Pp. xviii, 462; 200+ black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. Social Evolution offers a clear and up-to-date introduction to the growing field of sociobiology. The book emphasizes topics especially relevant to human behavior, including kindship, parent-offspring relations, parental investment, sexual selection, mate choice, cooperation, and deceit and self-deception (from the rear cover blurb). Warmly inscribed by the author, Bob Trivers to the late Mike Newcomer, an expert on whale behavior on the title page. Robert Trivers. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 433-455.