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
Family relationships: an evolutionary perspective
โ Scribed by Catherine Salmon, Todd Kennedy Shackelford
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 377
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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