A short, stimulating book on the relevance of biological evolution to the study of behaviour. Goldsmith argues that anyone studying the social behaviour of humans must take into consideration both proximate cause - the physiology, biochemistry, and social mechanisms of behaviour, and the ultimate cause - how the behaviour came to exist in evolutionary time. Many of the confusing and misunderstood elements of sociobiology are clearly explained for the general reader.
Focuses on groups that animals form whether large or small, temporary or permanent, as ways of protecting themselves and cooperating with one another to increase their chance for survival.
社會生物學: 新綜合理論. 從冷血動物到人類
社會生物學: 新綜合理論. 動物的通訊系統
Contents: Group Living, First Voice, Cooperative Behaviour, Evolution of Social Behaviour, Social Behaviour in Women, Social Behaviour of Aquatic Animals, Social Behaviour in Wild Animals, Lekking in Fishes and Birds, Agonistic Behaviour, ...