『The Comparative Approach in Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology』

Charles L. Nunn

(2011年11月刊行,The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, x+380 pp., ISBN:9780226608983 [hbk] / ISBN:9780226608009 [ebook] → 版元ページ

文化系統学・文化進化学といえばシカゴ大学出版局という短絡的イメージが形成されつつある今日この頃.

【目次】
Preface vii
1. The Importance of Comparison 1
2. Basic Phylogenetic Concepts and “Tree Thinking” 20
3. Reconstructing Ancestral States for Discrete Traits 52
4. Reconstructing Ancestral States for Quantitative Traits 79
5. Modeling Evolutionary Change 98
6. Correlated Evolution and Testing Adaptive Hypotheses 126
7. Comparative Methods to Detect Correlated Evolutionary Change 148
8. Using Trees to Study Biological and Cultural Diversification 180
9. Size, Allometry, and Phylogeny 202
10. Human Cultural Traits and Linguistic Evolution 227
11. Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity 255
12. Investigating Evolutionary Singularities 280
13. Developing a Comparative Database and Targeting Future Data Collection 299
14. Conclusions and Future Directions 317
References 323
Index 365