Social information transmission and human biology. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan C.K. Wells, Simon Strickland, and Kevin Laland.
• Other Names: Wells, Jonathan C. K; Strickland, S. S (Simon Slade), 1956-; Laland, Kevin N
• Contents: Front Cover; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Abstract; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. An Introduction to Evolutionary Models of Human Social Behavior; 3. How Niche Construction Contributes to Human Gene-Culture Coevolution; 4. State and Value: A Perspective from Behavioral Ecology; 5. An Agnostic View of Memes; 6. Biological Ends and Human Social Information Transmission; 7. The Significance of Socially Transmitted Information for Nutrition and Health in the Great Ape Clade; 8. Language: Costs and Benefits of a Specialized System for Social Information Transmission.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (289 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.4/2; Human information processing; Human information processing -- Social aspects; Social Science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Human information processing; Human information processing -- Social aspects; Social Behavior; Biological Evolution; Mental Processes; Humans; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420005837; 1420005839; 9780849340475; 0849340470
• Related ISBNs: 0849340470
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.