Life History Evolution A Biological Meta-Theory for the Social Sciences /

• Main Authors: Hertler, Steven C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Figueredo, Aurelio José (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Mateo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fernandes, Heitor B. F. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Woodley of Menie, Michael A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Biological psychology.; Evolutionary biology.; Demography.; Physical anthropology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Biological Psychology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biological and Physical Anthropology.; Community & Population Ecology.

The social sciences share a mission to shed light on human nature and society. However, there is no widely accepted meta-theory; no foundation from which variables can be linked, causally sequenced, or ultimately explained. This book advances "life history evolution" as the missing meta-th...