A Natural History of Families

This book is excellent. Having started reading it I could not put it down butread it all at one go in a day. Extremely readable it deals elegantly andsuccinctly... » 

This book is excellent. Having started reading it I could not put it down butread it all at one go in a day. Extremely readable it deals elegantly andsuccinctly with some of the more complex issues and topics in behavioralecology of parental investment strategies. It will appeal not only to generalreaders with an interest in animal and human behavior but to students andacademics as well.Robin Dunbar University of Liverpool author ofGrooming Gossip and the Evolution of Language An outstanding contributionto the literature on the evolution of human social behavior this book breaksnew ground and most importantly frames the family exactly where it should bein an evolved pattern of behavior in which parents seek to enhance theirreproductive success sometimes at the expense of some of their children.Craig B. Stanford University of Southern California author of Upright TheEvolutionary Key to Becoming Human «