Social DNA
Author | : M. Kay Martin |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2018-10-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781789200089 |
ISBN-13 | : 1789200083 |
Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Download or read book Social DNA written by M. Kay Martin and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What set our ancestors off on a separate evolutionary trajectory was the ability to flex their reproductive and social strategies in response to changing environmental conditions. Exploring new cross-disciplinary research that links this capacity to critical changes in the organization of the primate brain, Social DNA presents a new synthesis of ideas on human social origins – challenging models that trace our beginnings to traits shaped by ancient hunting economies, or to genetic platforms shared with contemporary apes.