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Sociobiology of Communication - an interdisciplinary perspective (Hardcover)
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Sociobiology of Communication - an interdisciplinary perspective (Hardcover)
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Communication is essential for all forms of social interaction,
from parental care to mate choice and cooperation. This is evident
for human societies but less obvious for bacterial biofilms, ant
colonies or flocks of birds. The major disciplines of communication
research have tried to identify common core principles, but
syntheses have been few because historical barriers have limited
interaction between different research fields.
Sociobiology of Communication is a timely and novel synthesis. It
bridges many of the gaps between proximate and ultimate levels of
analysis, between empirical model systems, and between biology and
the humanities. The book offers the complementary approaches of a
distinguished group of authors spanning a large diversity of
research programs, addressing, for example, the genetic basis of
bacterial communication, dishonest communication in insect
societies, sexual selection and network communication among
colonial vertebrates. Other chapters explore the role of
communication in genomic conflict and self-organisation, and how
linguistics, psychology and philosophy may ultimately contribute to
a biological understanding of human mate choice and the evolution
of human societies.
This highly interdisciplinary book highlights key examples of
modern research to explore the genetic, neurobiological,
physiological, chemical and behavioural basis of social
communication. It identifies where consensus on the general
principles is emerging and where the major future challenges are to
be found. The book is therefore suitable for both for graduate
students and professionals in evolutionary biology and behavioural
ecology seeking novel inspiration, and for a wideracademic
audience, including social and medical scientists who would like to
explore what evolutionary approaches can offer to their fields.
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