Ethology: The Biology Of Behavior
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What drives the courtship rituals of a stickleback fish, the aggression of a fighting cichlid, or the tender embrace of a human couple? Ethology: The Biology of Behavior presents a sweeping and authoritative answer, systematically chronicling the science of animal behavior from its foundational principles to its most complex manifestations. Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, a preeminent student of Konrad Lorenz and a leading figure in the ethological school, constructs a rigorous framework that uncovers the biological underpinnings of behavior across the animal kingdom — including Homo sapiens — examining instinct, learning, motivation, and the evolution of social conduct with meticulous scientific precision. Drawing on decades of field research and laboratory study, Eibl-Eibesfeldt argues compellingly that human behavior cannot be fully understood without reference to our evolutionary heritage, placing this work at the fascinating and sometimes controversial intersection of biology, psychology, and anthropology. His prose is dense with empirical detail yet animated by a genuine sense of wonder at the natural world, making this a foundational text for students of behavioral science. The book stands as a landmark contribution to 20th-century ethology, and its central question — how much of who we are is written into our biology? — remains as urgent and unresolved as ever.
Author: Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Genre: Biology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What drives the courtship rituals of a stickleback fish, the aggression of a fighting cichlid, or the tender embrace of a human couple? Ethology: The Biology of Behavior presents a sweeping and authoritative answer, systematically chronicling the science of animal behavior from its foundational principles to its most complex manifestations. Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, a preeminent student of Konrad Lorenz and a leading figure in the ethological school, constructs a rigorous framework that uncovers the biological underpinnings of behavior across the animal kingdom — including Homo sapiens — examining instinct, learning, motivation, and the evolution of social conduct with meticulous scientific precision. Drawing on decades of field research and laboratory study, Eibl-Eibesfeldt argues compellingly that human behavior cannot be fully understood without reference to our evolutionary heritage, placing this work at the fascinating and sometimes controversial intersection of biology, psychology, and anthropology. His prose is dense with empirical detail yet animated by a genuine sense of wonder at the natural world, making this a foundational text for students of behavioral science. The book stands as a landmark contribution to 20th-century ethology, and its central question — how much of who we are is written into our biology? — remains as urgent and unresolved as ever.