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Crustacea --- Crustacea --- Social behavior in animals

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Over the last several decades, mathematical models have become central to the study of social evolution, both in biology and the social sciences. But students in these disciplines often seriously lack the tools to understand them. A primer on behavioral modeling that includes both mathematics and evolutionary theory, 'Mathematical Models of Social Evolution 'aims to make the student and professional researcher in biology and the social sciences fully conversant in the language of the field. Teaching biological concepts from which models can be developed, Richard McElreath and Robert Boyd introduce readers to many of the typical mathematical tools that are used to analyze evolutionary models and end each chapter with a set of problems that draw upon these techniques. 'Mathematical Models of Social Evolution 'equips behaviorists and evolutionary biologists with the mathematical knowledge to truly understand the models on which their research depends. Ultimately, McElreath and Boyd's goal is to impart the fundamental concepts that underlie modern biological understandings of the evolution of behavior so that readers will be able to more fully appreciate journal articles and scientific literature, and start building models of their own.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Social psychology --- Social evolution in animals --- Social behavior in animals --- Evolution sociale --- Comportement social chez les animaux --- Mathematical models --- Modèles mathématiques --- Mathematical models. --- Modèles mathématiques

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Judged by population size and distribution, homo sapiens are clearly the most successful primates. A close second, however, would be rhesus macaques, who have adapted to-and thrived in-such diverse environments as mountain forests, dry grasslands, and urban sprawl. Scientists have spent countless hours studying these opportunistic monkeys, but rhesus macaques have long been overshadowed in the public eye by the great apes, who, because of their greater intelligence, are naturally assumed to have more to teach us, both about other primates and about humans as well. Dario Maestripieri thinks it is high time we shelve that misperception, and with Macachiavellian Intelligence he gives rhesus macaques their rightful turn in the spotlight. The product of more than twenty years studying these fascinating creatures, Macachiavellian Intelligence caricatures a society that is as much human as monkey, with hierarchies and power struggles that would impress Machiavelli himself. High-status macaques, for instance, maintain their rank through deft uses of violence and manipulation, while altruism is almost unknown and relationships are perpetually subject to the cruel laws of the market. Throughout this eye-opening account, Maestripieri weds his thorough knowledge of macaque behavior to his abiding fascination with human society and motivations. The result is a book unlike any other, one that draws on economics as much as evolutionary biology, politics as much as primatology. Rife with unexpected connections and peppered with fascinating anecdotes, Macachiavellian Intelligence has as much to teach us about humans as it does about macaques, presenting a wry, rational, and wholly surprising view of our humanity as seen through the monkey in the mirror.

Rhesus monkey --- Machiavellianism (Psychology) --- Social behavior in animals. --- Psychology, Comparative. --- Behavior, Comparative --- Comparative behavior --- Comparative psychology --- Ethology, Comparative --- Intelligence of animals --- Zoology --- Animal behavior --- Animal intelligence --- Animal psychology --- Human behavior --- Instinct --- Animal societies --- Ethics --- Interpersonal relations --- Psychology --- Cercopithecus mulatta --- Macaca mulatta --- Macacus rhesus --- Pithecus rhesus --- Rhesus macaque --- Macaques --- Behavior. --- Psychology. --- theory, theoretical, philosophy, philosophical, academic, scholarly, research, intellect, intellectual, monkeys, apes, chimps, animals, nature, natural world, humanity, development, biology, population, size, distribution, homo sapien, primate, success, evolution, food chain, adaptation, survival, study, fieldwork, hierarchies, culture, communication, aggression, dominance.