Life History Evolution A Biological Meta-Theory for the Social Scien
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 histor
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Steven C. Hertler, Aurelio José Figueredo, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Heitor B. F. Fernandes and Michael A. Woodley of Menie
Life History Evolution
Steven C. Hertler Aurelio José Figueredo Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre Heitor B. F. Fernandes Michael A. Woodley of Menie
Life History Evolution A Biological Meta-Theory for the Social Sciences
Steven C. Hertler College of Saint Elizabeth Morristown, NJ, USA
Heitor B. F. Fernandes University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
Michael A. Woodley of Menie Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels, Belgium
Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
and Unz Foundation Junior Fellow Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Contents
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Life History Theory: An Overview in Abstract 1
Part I Huntington, Crosby, and Baker 2
Ellsworth Huntington’s Victorian Climatic Writings 25
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Alfred W. Crosby: Adapting Within a Matrix of Flora and Fauna 43
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The Historical Geography of Alan R. H. Baker: Scratching Out a Living After the Neolithic Revolution 57
Part I Section Metacommentary Part II Price, Malthus, and Landers 5
Richard Price: The Schedules of Mortality 77
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Thomas Robert Malthus, Stratification, and Subjugation: Closing the Commons and Opening the Factory 91 v
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Famine, Pestilence, War, a
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