Human Evolution and Male Aggression:  Debunking the Myth of Man and Ape
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Table of Contents

List of Figures

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

Section I: Primate Biology and Behavior

1

Chapter 1: Introduction

3

Chapter 2: Humans

19

Chapter 3: Bias in the Story of Human Evolution

45

Chapter 4: Humans’ Closest Cousins—Not That Fierce

69

Chapter 5: Appeasement

87

Section II: Primate Dyads

107

Chapter 6: Nuclear Families

109

Chapter 7: Males Befriending Infants

123

Chapter 8: Males and Females, Without the Sex

141

Chapter 9: Male Friends

161

Section III: Disposing of Fallacies

179

Chapter 10: The Fallacy of Male Infanticide

181

Chapter 11: Infanticide by Females—Too Common

193

Chapter 12: Aggression as Culture

209

Scientific Names of Animals Discussed

217

Bibliography

221

Index

251