Social Evolution

Social Evolution by Trivers, Robert. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780805385076.

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.