{"product_id":"9781468466966","title":"Studies in Behavioural Adaptation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStudies in Behavioural Adaptation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDunbar, Robin Ian MacDonald\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book grew from small beginnings as I began to find unexpected patterns emerging from the data in the literature. The more I thought about the way in which primate social systems worked, the more interesting things turned out to be. I am conscious that, at times, this has introduced a certain amount of complexity into the text. I make no apologies for that: what we are dealing with is a complex subject, the product of evolutionary forces interacting with very sophisticated minds. None the less, I have done my best to explain every­ thing as clearly as I can in order to make the book accessible to as wide an audience as possible. I have laid a heavy emphasis in this book on the use of simple graphical and mathematical models. Their sophistication, however, is not great and does not assume more than a knowledge of elementary probability theory. Since their role will inevitably be misunderstood, I take this opportunity to stress that their function is essentially heuristic rather than explanatory: they are designed to focus our attention on the key issues so as to point out the directions for further research. A model is only as good as the questions it prompts us to ask. For those whose natural inclination is to dismiss modelling out of hand, I can only point to the precision that their use can offer us in terms of hypothesis-testing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-11-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781468466966\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4684-6694-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 374\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44421761728652,"sku":"9781468466966","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781468466966.jpg?v=1776525853","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781468466966","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}