Recent research has emphasized that socially transmitted
information may affect both the gene pool and the phenotypes of
individuals and populations, and that an improved understanding of
evolutionary issues is beneficial to those working towards the
improvement of human health. Equally, an improved awareness of how
human behavior influences health and reproductive fitness is
starting to shed new light on the processes that shape the
evolution of human behavior and the human mind.
Focusing directly on these emerging trends, Social Information
Transmission and Human Biology bridges the gap between primarily
theoretical work undertaken by those with evolutionary interests
and biomedical work undertaken by those dealing with practical
issues in human health and demographics. Incorporating papers from
a symposium organized under the auspices of the UK Society for the
Study of Human Biology, this volume merges the perspectives of
internationally renowned evolutionary and theoretical biologists,
zoologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, psychologists, and
medical researchers whose work is linked by common themes
addressing how information is transmitted socially and how its
transmission influences both immediate and evolutionary biological
outcomes. Emphasizes the diverse ways in which socially transmitted
information impacts on human biology
To illustrate these themes, the chapters draw on models and data
ranging from observations on chimpanzee populations in the wild and
on the human archaeological record, to studies of contemporary
humans in both developing and industrialized countries. Taking a
broad approach, many of the chapters address areas of behavior that
are familiar toscientists in particular fields, but do so using a
variety of cross-disciplinary perspectives, which will prove
stimulating for researchers in a range of academic subject areas,
while helping to facilitate closer collaboration between biological
and social scientists.
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