Mind the Gap
Subtitle
Tracing the Origins of Human Universals
Edited by Peter M. Kappeler and Joan B. Silk
What makes us human? What made us become the way we are? One way to answer these questions is to identify the traits that all humans share, traits that are universal features of all human societies. Another way to do so is to ask how humans differ from other species, particularly from our closest relatives, the nonhuman primates. The contributors to this book pursue both approaches, in an effort to understand how evolution has shaped modern human behavior and societies.
Bio
Joan Silk has conducted extensive research on the social lives of monkeys and apes, including fieldwork on chimpanzees in Tanzania and on baboons in Kenya and Botswana. She is also interested in the application of evolutionary thinking to human behavior. She is a professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and research affiliate with the Institute of Human Origins.
