Family Relationships

by Catherine Salmon and Todd K. Shackelford

Kinship ties-the close relationships found within the family-have been a central focus of evolutionary biological analyses of social behavior ever since biologist William Hamilton extended the concept of Darwinian fitness to include an individual's actions benefiting not only his own
offspring, but also collateral kin. Evolutionary biologists consider organisms not only reproductive strategists, but also nepotistic strategists. If a person's genes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195320514
• ISBN13: 9780195320510
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"