How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
dunbar's number and other evolutionary quirks
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2011
Summary
Decoding the Social Animal: How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
We are shaped by our evolutionary journey, influencing everything from our greetings to our beliefs. In How Many Friends Does One Person Need?, Robin Dunbar reveals how the distant past informs our present actions, presenting the innovative experiments that revolutionized evolutionary biology.
Explore the reasons behind phenomena like ‘Dunbar’s Number’ (150) – the limit to our acquaintances – why bab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571253432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571253431 |
| Author: | Professor Robin Dunbar, Robin Dunbar |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Professor Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar is currently Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. His principal research interest is the evolution of sociality. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1998. His books include The Trouble with Science (1995) and Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language. His most recent book, The Human Story, (2004).
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