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Endocrinology of Social Relationships
Peter T. Ellison
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Description for Endocrinology of Social Relationships
Paperback. In social relationships - whether between mates, parents and offspring, or friends - we find much of life's meaning. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, might we also detect the workings, even directives, of biology? This book examines the intimate role of endocrinology in social relationships. Editor(s): Ellison, Peter T.; Gray, Peter B. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 halftone, 30 line illustrations, 12 tables. BIC Classification: MJG; PSVP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 590.
In social relationships-whether between mates, parents and offspring, or friends-we find much of life's meaning. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, might we also detect the workings, even directives, of biology? This book, a rare melding of human and animal research and theoretical and empirical science, ventures into the most interesting realms of behavioral biology to examine the intimate role of endocrinology in social relationships. The importance of hormones to reproductive behavior-from breeding cycles to male sexual display-is well known. What this book considers is the increasing evidence that hormones are just as important ... Read more
In social relationships-whether between mates, parents and offspring, or friends-we find much of life's meaning. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, might we also detect the workings, even directives, of biology? This book, a rare melding of human and animal research and theoretical and empirical science, ventures into the most interesting realms of behavioral biology to examine the intimate role of endocrinology in social relationships. The importance of hormones to reproductive behavior-from breeding cycles to male sexual display-is well known. What this book considers is the increasing evidence that hormones are just as important ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674063990
SKU
V9780674063990
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About Peter T. Ellison
Peter T. Ellison is John Cowles Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Peter B. Gray is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Reviews for Endocrinology of Social Relationships
The editors and their authors have produced a definitive and scholarly, yet readable, state-of-the-art presentation of a fascinating and timely topic. This landmark volume is rich in ideas, conclusions, and questions for the future. As the editors point out, we are all being exposed, like it or not, to hormones in the environment and to ads full of claims about ... Read more