Boyd, Robert, 1948-

How humans evolved / Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk. - 6th ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. - xxii, 416, 40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adaptation by natural selection -- Genetics -- The modern synthesis -- Speciation and phylogeny -- Primate diversity and ecology -- Primate mating systems -- The evolution of cooperation -- Primate life histories and the evolution of intelligence -- From tree shrew to ape -- From hominoid to hominin -- Oldowan toolmakers and the origin of human life history -- From hominin to homo -- Homo sapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior -- Human genetic variation -- Evolution and human behavior -- Human mate choice and parenting.

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Human evolution.

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