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Author Dunbar, R. I. M. (Robin Ian MacDonald), 1947-

Title How many friends does one person need? : Dunbar's number and other evolutionary quirks / Robin Dunbar.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
2010.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  599.938 DUNBAR    DUE 05-08-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  599.938 D91    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  599.938 DUNBAR    Check Shelf
Description vi, 302 pages ; 22 cm
Note Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2010.
Includes index.
Contents In the beginning -- The monogamous brain -- Dunbar's number -- Kith and kin -- The ancestors that still haunt us -- Bonds that bind -- Why gossip is good for you -- Scars of evolution -- Who'd mess with evolution? -- The Darwin wars -- So near, and yet so far -- Farewell, cousins -- Stone Age psychology -- Natural minds -- How to join the culture club -- Be smart-- live longer -- Beautiful science -- Are you lonesome tonight? -- Eskimos rub noses -- Your cheating heart -- Morality on the brain -- How evolution found God.
Subject Social psychology.
Human behavior.
Evolution.
ISBN 9780674057166 cloth alkaline paper $27.95
0674057163 cloth alkaline paper
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