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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461220503321

Autore

Maestripieri Dario

Titolo

Games primates play [[electronic resource] ] : an undercover investigation of the evolution and economics of human relationships / / Dario Maestripieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Basic Books, c2012

ISBN

0-465-03168-4

0-465-02930-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

155.7

Soggetti

Behavior evolution

Control (Psychology)

Dominance (Psychology)

Interpersonal relations

Primates - Behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: Dilemmas in the Elevator; Chapter 2: The Obsession with Dominance; Chapter 3: We Are All Mafiosi; Chapter 4: Climbing the Ladder; Chapter 5: Cooperate in the Spotlight, Compete in the Dark; Chapter 6: The Economics and Evolutionary Biology of Love; Chapter 7: Testing the Bond; Chapter 8: Shopping for Partners in the Biological Market; Chapter 9: The Evolution of Human Social Behavior; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Tracking us in elevators and on emails, at home and at work, a leading primatologist uncovers the rules that govern the social life of the human animal.