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A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that are guided by genetic information, which enable animals to sidestep complex problems in learning and decision making but ultimately limit what they can learn. Humans embody an evolutionary transition to a different kind of intelligence, one that relies on behavioral and mental flexibility. The book argues that flexibility is useless to most animals because they lack sufficient opportunities to learn new behavioral and mental skills. Humans find these opportunities in lengthy childhoods and through culture.Blending the latest findings in fields ranging from psychology to evolutionary anthropology, The Human Evolutionary Transition draws on computational analyses of the problems organisms face, extensive overviews of empirical data on animal and human learning, and mathematical modeling and computer simulations of hypotheses about intelligence. This compelling book demonstrates that animal and human intelligence evolved from similar selection pressures while identifying bottlenecks in evolution that may explain why human-like intelligence is so rare.

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This book presents the first attempt to model the relationships among the distribution of power, international trade, and war. Edward Mansfield dispels the widespread belief that a monotonic relationship exists between the distribution of power and patterns of both war and trade.

Foreign trade. International trade --- Coexistence --- Coëxistence pacifique --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Interdependence of nations --- International relations --- Internationale betrekkingen --- Macht (Sociale wetenschappen) --- Ordre mondial --- Peaceful coexistence --- Political power --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Power (Social sciences) --- Relations internationales --- Vreedzame coëxistentie --- Wereldorde --- World order --- Internationaltrade --- War --- Economic aspects --- International relations. --- International trade. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. --- Economic aspects. --- Addition. --- Anglo-Persian War. --- Austria-Hungary. --- Austro-Prussian War. --- Autarky. --- Autocorrelation. --- Capitalism. --- Chi-squared test. --- Coefficient of determination. --- Coefficient of variation. --- Coefficient. --- Combatant. --- Commerce. --- Correlates of War. --- Correlation and dependence. --- Data set. --- Degrees of freedom (statistics). --- Determinant. --- Dummy variable (statistics). --- Durbin–Watson statistic. --- Economic power. --- Economics. --- Economist. --- Error term. --- Estimation. --- Explanation. --- Explanatory power. --- Externality. --- F-distribution. --- F-test. --- Free trade. --- Frequency distribution. --- Gibrat's law. --- Great power. --- Gross national product. --- Hegemonic stability theory. --- Hegemony. --- Heteroscedasticity. --- Income. --- Interdependence. --- Interest rate. --- International economics. --- International political economy. --- John Mearsheimer. --- Kenneth Waltz. --- Liberal international economic order. --- Linear regression. --- Literature. --- Logarithm. --- Market power. --- Measures of national income and output. --- Monetary policy. --- Napoleonic Wars. --- National power. --- National security. --- Null hypothesis. --- On War. --- One-Tailed Test. --- Opportunity cost. --- Peace and conflict studies. --- Percentage Change. --- Percentage. --- Poisson distribution. --- Political economy. --- Political science. --- Population growth. --- Prediction. --- Preventive war. --- Probability. --- Protectionism. --- Quantity. --- Raw material. --- Real versus nominal value (economics). --- Regression analysis. --- Result. --- Small power. --- Standard deviation. --- Statistical hypothesis testing. --- Statistical significance. --- Statistics. --- Stochastic process. --- Structural analysis. --- Subset. --- Suggestion. --- Tariff. --- Technological change. --- Theory of International Politics. --- Theory. --- Trade barrier. --- Variance. --- War effort. --- War. --- Warfare. --- World Politics. --- World War I. --- World War II. --- World war. --- Year. --- Economics of war --- Competition, International --- War, Cost of --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Commerce --- International economic relations --- Non-traded goods --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- International affairs --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics