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by Dario Maestripieri


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  INDEX

  Adam, Thomas, 218

  aggression, 2–6, 14–15, 27–28, 32, 35, 47, 103–104, 113, 140, 163, 175, 185, 203, 217, 238, 244–245, 247, 250, 260, 277

  agonistic support/aid, 66, 203, 210

  Alexander, Richard, 125

  algorithms, 236–250, 266

  alliances. See coalitions, politics

  Altmann, Stuart, 36–37

  altruism, altruistic behavior, 11, 13–14, 65, 115, 120–121, 128, 133, 151, 169, 172, 180, 182, 213, 220, 225–227, 248, 265

  analogous behavior. See convergent evolution

  Andreoni, James, 121, 125

  anger, 46, 136, 166, 242, 246–248, 265

  Aniston, Jennifer, 143–144, 150, 158–169

  anonymity, 113–115, 117, 121–122, 125, 128–130, 133–141, 225, 280

  anonymous peer review, 131–141

  anthropocentrism, 232–234, 237

  anxiety, 3, 11, 37–38, 136, 146, 166, 193, 244–248, 264

  apes, 2, 8, 36, 49, 66, 113, 155–156, 165–166, 174, 231–232, 234, 257–258, 262, 264, 274

  bonobos, 169, 232

  chimpanzees, 2, 18, 20–22, 99–100, 105, 114, 155, 163, 166, 168–169, 172, 186, 232

  gibbons and siamangs, 232

  gorillas, 232

  orangutans, 156, 232

  asymmetries in contests or power, 14, 20, 28, 42–48, 51, 66

  attachment, 156, 163–167, 260, 263–264, 281

  Axelrod, Robert, 12–13

  babies. See infants

  baboons, 3, 18, 29–34, 50, 99–100, 166, 171–177, 179–180, 185–186, 188–189, 194, 210–211, 232, 261, 281

  baby boomers, 74–75, 138

  Ballmer, Steve, 89, 105

  Bangkok, Thailand, 197, 199, 223

  bared-teeth display, 6–7, 32, 44–45, 114, 262–263, 277

  Bateson, Melissa, 110, 113

  Becker, Gary, 144–145, 154, 200

  behavioral displays, 46–47, 93, 178, 260, 278

  Bellow, Adam, 53, 64, 70, 72, 74–77

  Bering, Jesse, 125

  Bernstein, Irwin, 38

  Berry, Halle, 170

  Betzig, Laura, 106

  Bible, 65, 140, 236

  birds, 26, 35, 113, 157, 161–163, 185, 204–205, 207, 253, 259–260, 266

  babblers, 185

  bird nests, 205, 208

  chickens, 35

  egrets, 26

  pair-bonding in birds, 157, 161–163, 253

  pelicans, 26

  red bishops, 207–208

  Bowlby, John, 165–166

  brain, 17, 37, 48–49, 83, 109, 113–115, 140, 154–155, 157–158, 162–163, 167–168, 235–237, 239, 241, 253, 256–259, 264, 266

  breast-feeding, 159, 206

  Bshary, Redouan, 117–118, 214–215, 217–218

  Burkhardt, Richard, 230

  Burnham, Terrence, 122

  business partnerships, 29, 117, 127, 143–150, 169, 171, 194–196, 203, 205–206, 253, 265

  Buss, David, 191, 200

  Campanario, Juan Miguel, 139

  Canetti, Elias, 30–31

  Capizzano, Ezio, 69–70

  cats, 251

  Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, 89, 92, 101, 105, 279

  cheating, 47, 109, 114, 117–119, 123, 126–128, 130, 145–147, 149–150, 171, 179, 195–196, 209, 215, 218–219, 230, 238, 248

  Chiang, Yen-Sheng, 224–225

  children, 9, 23–25, 27–28, 37, 46, 48, 50, 53, 60, 65, 67–69, 73–76, 105–106, 143, 145, 147, 150, 152, 155–170, 172, 183, 188, 190–191, 198, 200, 202–203, 229, 231, 237, 239–240, 247, 249, 265

  Chomsky, Noam, 183

  cleaner/client fish, 117–118, 123, 146, 203, 214–219

  Clinton, Bill and Hillary, 151–152

  Clooney, George, 96

  coalitions, or alliances, 28–30, 49, 69, 80–82, 87–88, 95, 99–105, 107–108, 115–116, 118, 171–174, 177, 186–189, 195, 202, 212, 238, 252–253, 261

  commitment problem, 144–152, 156, 160, 171, 176–177, 188, 190–193, 195

  communication, 6, 19, 46, 176, 178, 182, 193, 242

  Conniff, Richard, 35

  consciousness, 11, 39, 51, 111–114, 128, 162, 178, 234–235, 240, 244–246

  contest competition, 96–98

  convergent evolution, 252–253

  cooperation, 5, 12–15, 22, 29, 66, 82, 108–129, 130, 132–134, 141, 145–147, 150–151, 156–157, 161, 168–169, 171–176, 185, 188–189, 194–196, 202, 204–205, 212–213, 218–227, 238, 247–248, 252–253, 260, 270, 278

  cortisol, 30, 48–50

  Cosmides, Leda, 241–243, 256

  cost-benefit analyses, 81, 133, 141, 144–145, 147, 150, 181, 193–194, 272

  Creel, Scott, 189

  Crowe, Russell, 119

  culture, 3, 53, 70, 147, 154, 159, 166, 193, 199, 236, 253, 262

  Cyrano de Bergerac, 152–154

  Darwin, Charles, 232, 236, 262

  Dawkins, Richard, 232, 272

  De Palma, Brian, 1

  De Queiroz, Alan, 259

  Descartes, 234

  despotism/egalitarianism, 34, 103–105, 107–108, 227

  De Waal, Frans, 37

  Dickinson, Angie, 1

  Dictator game, 112, 116–117, 122, 125, 224, 279

  dictatorships, 72, 74, 106

  Di Fiore, Anthony, 259, 261

  Disney, Walt, 155, 233

  divorce, 29, 143, 152, 158–160, 200

  dogs, 86–88, 113–114, 189–190, 247, 251

  dominance, 14, 18–52, 66–67, 79–80, 89–91, 95–108, 113, 172–175, 188, 210, 246–247, 253, 261, 278

  donations to charities, 121
, 124–125, 180

  Dubner, Stephen, 224

  Dunbar, Robin, 201

  Eastwick, Paul, 163

  Eastwood, Clint, 92, 191

  Einstein, Albert, 231

  Eisenberg, John, 260

  elevator, 1–16, 244–245, 250

  email, 17–20, 22, 25, 73, 86, 201–202, 250, 267–269, 271

  emigration, 67, 79, 89

  emotions, 37, 46, 48–49, 83, 114, 145–147, 161–162, 165, 167, 237, 240–248,

  endowments, 198–200, 223

  envy, 247–248

  evolutionary psychology, 154, 180, 191, 200–202, 224, 236–252, 256–258, 264–265, 277, 283

  eyeball-poking, 185–187

  eyespot effects, 110–115, 122–123

  fathers and paternal care, 67–68, 156–158, 167, 281

  fear, 6, 15, 35–36, 44–47, 133, 136, 166, 241–248, 254, 258, 262, 264

  fear of strangers, 166, 264

  feelings. See emotions

  Fessler, Daniel, 112–113, 116, 247, 265

  fighting. See aggression

  fish, 113, 157, 239, 252–253, 257–259, 266. See also cleaner-client fish

  Fisher, Helen, 154, 159–160

  fondling of genitalia. See testicles

  Fraley, Chris, 157, 164, 167

  Frank, Joe, 162

  Frank, Robert, 145, 147–148, 150–151, 154, 160

  Freakonomics,224

  free will, 232–235, 240, 283

  Freud, Sigmund, 166, 237

  game theory, 11–15, 39–48, 112, 116–119, 126–128, 132, 145, 195–196, 218–220, 253, 278

  Gates, Bill and Melinda, 121

  gazelles, 179–180

  genes/genetics, 6, 14, 48–49, 65, 69, 105, 116, 154, 176, 178–179, 182, 194, 203, 227, 232, 236, 238–239, 250–252, 254–256, 260, 272–273

  Gigerenzer, Gerd, 249

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 224

  Gore, Al, 18

  gossip, 87–88, 125–127

  Grafen, Alan, 182

  greetings, 174–176, 188–189

  grooming behavior, 6–7, 9–11, 13–15, 18, 20–22, 32–33, 38, 44, 102, 105, 173–174, 185, 203, 206–207, 209–213, 223, 277

  Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana, 200

  group selection, 227

  Gumert, Michael, 206–207

  Haley, Kevin, 112–113, 116, 247, 265

  Hall, Edward T., 3

  handicap, the Handicap Principle, 171, 176–185, 190–193, 205, 281

  Hardin, Garrett, 119

  Hare, Brian, 122

  Harris, Neil Patrick, 170

  Hauser, Marc, 128, 264

  Hawk-Dove game, 39–48

  Hazan, Cindy, 169

  Heinroth, Oscar, 260

  Heisman, Mitchell, 267–273

  Higham, James, 101, 104–105

  Hinde, Robert, 36–37

  Hitchens, Christopher, 231

  Holekamp, Kay, 188, 212

  Hollywood film industry/celebrities, 1, 96, 143–145, 147, 150, 152, 158–159, 169–170, 174, 197–198

  hominids, 232, 256, 264

  homologous behavior. See phylogeny

  hunter-gatherers, 159

  infants, or babies, 24, 67, 97, 156–159, 165–167, 179–180, 187–188, 210, 212, 240, 263–264, 281

  infinite monkey theorem, 71

  insects, 25, 35, 65, 196, 203–204, 208–209, 214–215, 236, 253, 258–260

  ants, 25, 65, 214–215

  butterfly larvae, 214–215

  fruit flies, 236

  bees/wasps, 25, 65, 253

  scorpion flies, 209

  intervening variables, 37

  Italy, 18, 53–64, 120, 129–130, 160

  divorce rates in Italy, 160

  Italian academia, 60–64

  Italian proverbs, 129–130

  military service in Italy, 53–59

  tax evasion in Italy, 120

  James, William, 234

  Jolie, Angelina, 96, 143–144, 150, 152, 159, 197–198

  Jorde, Lynn, 261

  King, Stephen, 222

  kin selection, 65, 182, 279

  kinship, 13–14, 70, 77, 274

  Kismet the robot, 122–123

  Konner, Melvin, 159

  !Kung, 159, 250

  Kurzban, Robert, 202

  language, 2, 24, 182, 193, 237, 256–257, 264–265

  lemurs, 3

  Leone, Sergio, 92

  Levitt, Steven, 224

  Lewis, Rebecca, 39

  Libet, Benjamin, 234–235

  lizards, 260

  Lorenz, Konrad, 230, 259–260

  love, 2, 9, 28–29, 85, 143–170, 176, 189–191, 193, 195, 231, 247, 265–266, 280–281

  Macachiavellian Intelligence, 223, 232, 267

  macaques, 3–7, 10–11, 14, 25, 34, 48, 66–71, 74–75, 79–80, 89–92, 94, 98–102, 107, 114, 128, 166, 206, 223, 232–233, 259, 262–263, 267, 277, 279

  Japanese macaques, 92

  long-tail macaques, 92, 94, 206

  pigtail macaques, 34

  rhesus macaques. See rhesus macaques/monkeys

  mafia, 62–64, 69–70, 76–77, 278

  Manson, Joseph (Joe), 98, 187–188

  markets, 96–99, 102, 148–149, 177, 181, 195–227, 248, 253, 279, 282

  marriage, 28–30, 36, 44, 69, 128, 144, 149, 151, 158–160, 171, 196–200

  Martyn, Christopher, 135

  matrilines, 48, 67–68, 89, 91, 188

  Maynard-Smith, John, 39, 181

  menstrual cycle, 168, 199, 206

  Metz, Markus, 208

  Microsoft, 81–82, 85–89, 95, 105, 121

  Milinski, Manfred, 123–125

  Miller, Geoffrey, 180

  mind, 2–6, 10, 22–23, 31, 36, 49–50, 169, 235–250, 256–257, 265, 268, 271

  mismatch, 244

  Mock, Douglas, 26

  monogamy. See pair-bonding

  Monroe, Marilyn, 158–159

  morality, 53, 70–71, 74, 76–77, 126–128, 140–141, 146–148, 150, 195, 231, 235, 257, 264–266, 269, 272

  moralistic aggression, 127–128, 150

  mothers. See parental care

  Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 230

  motivation, 44–46, 48–51, 114, 162, 240–242, 245, 247

  Nash, John Forbes, 119

  Nathanson, Jared, 268–269

  National Institutes of Health, 135

  National Science Foundation, 134–135

  natural selection, 6, 23, 39, 46–47, 65, 147, 155, 162–163, 165, 167–169, 177, 179, 226–227, 236–253, 257–258, 263–264, 272

  nepotism, 53–80, 138, 158, 180, 210, 252–253, 270, 279–280

  Nettle, Daniel, 110

  New World monkeys, 3, 264

  capuchin monkeys, 186–187, 189

  tamarins, 156

  New York City, 129, 134, 141

  Noë, Ronald, 212–213, 226–227, 265

  O’Brian, Patrick, 229

  Old World monkeys, 232, 261–262, 264

  Oprah, 194

  Overbye, Dennis, 234

  ovulation, 168

  Packer, Craig, 29, 172

  pair-bonding/monogamy, 156–170, 247, 253, 265

  parental care, 157, 163, 167, 259

  partner choice, 154, 195–227

  Pawlowski, Boguslav, 201

  penis, 168–169, 175, 188

  Perry, Susan, 186–187

  personal ads, 201

  personality, 82, 88, 149, 164–165

  Petrie, Ragan, 121, 125

  phylogeny, phylogenetic history, 254–264

  Piazza, Jared, 125

  Picasso, Pablo, 229

  pigs, 26

  Pinker, Steven, 228

  Pitt, Brad, 143–144, 152, 158, 169, 197–198

  Pleistocene, 256–257

  politics, 29–30, 48, 66–69, 72–74, 79–108, 116–117, 121, 123, 125–128, 131, 173, 226, 230–231, 238, 246, 252–253, 267

  power. See dominance, politics

  Prisoner’s Dilemma
, 11–15, 112, 116–118, 127–128, 132, 145, 195–196, 219–220, 278

  prosocial behavior, 220, 224–227

  proximity, 1–16, 25, 157, 165–167, 244, 263, 277

  public goods games, 119–127, 130

  punishment of defectors, 126–129, 133, 195, 219, 280

  ranks. See dominance

  reciprocity, 11–14, 20–21, 30, 44, 70, 120–125, 169, 172, 175, 182, 213, 238, 248, 252, 280

  recommendations, 53–64, 73

  Rege, Mari, 122

  Rendall, Drew, 259, 261

  reputation, 28, 86, 115–128, 133–134, 146, 148, 150, 191, 219, 222, 227, 252, 279

  Resource Holding Potential, 43–48, 51, 66

  rhesus macaques/monkeys, 3–7, 10–11, 14, 25, 34, 48, 66–71, 74–75, 79–80, 89–92, 98–102, 107, 114, 128, 166, 206, 223, 232–233, 259, 262–263, 267, 277, 279

  rituals. See greetings

  Rostand, Edmond, 152

  Rothwell, Peter, 135

  Sapolsky, Robert, 29–30

  Schjelderup-ebbe, Thorleif, 35

  scramble competition, 96–98

  separation. See attachment

  serotonin, 48, 83

  Seyfarth, Robert, 211

  sex, sexual behavior, 5, 18, 56, 64, 66, 69–70, 94, 106, 154–156, 162–163, 168–169, 172, 174, 180, 185, 190–191, 195, 199, 202–203, 206–207, 209, 229–231, 238, 240–241, 247, 279–280

  sexual attraction, 18, 154–156, 240, 247, 280

  sexual desire, 155, 162, 241, 280

  sexual intercourse, 69, 156, 162, 169

  sexual orgasm, 162, 169

  sexual selection, 163, 178

  Shakespeare, William, 29, 71

  Shaver, Phil, 164, 167

  Shubin, Neil, 257

  Signals. See communication

  Skinner, B. F., 183

  smile, 6–7, 11, 18, 20, 44, 246, 262–263

  Smith, Jennifer, 188, 212

  Smuts, Barbara, 175, 189

  speed-dating, 201

  sperm, 205

  spotted hyenas, 188, 189, 211, 212

  Spuhler, John, 261

  stress, 4, 6, 10, 14–15, 17, 23, 29–30, 34, 37, 44, 46, 48, 50, 55, 104, 136, 149, 165, 167, 185, 190–193

  submission. See dominance

  Taylor, Shelley, 9

  taxonomy, 232, 254–256

  Telle, Kjetil, 122

  testicles, testis, 2, 168, 171–175, 177, 185, 192, 281

  testosterone, 48–50, 83, 91, 168, 281

  Tinbergen, Niko, 230, 259–260

  Todd, Peter, 249

  Tolstoy, Leo, 193

  Tooby, John, 241–242, 243, 256

  tragedy of the commons, 119

  Trivers, Robert, 127

  Twilight, 137

  Ultimatum game, 224–225

  University of Chicago, 72–73, 109, 144, 168, 200, 267

  van Schaik, Carel, 93, 97, 102–103

 

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