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This chapter is intended as an introduction to the field of developmental human sociobiology. Its basic purpose is to describe the history of recent evolutionary thought and to illustrate some of the potential contributions to developmental psychology to be gained from a rapprochement with evolutionary theory. In addition, there will be an attempt to integrate the theoretical and empirical research traditions of developmental psychology within an evolutionary framework.
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MacDonald, K.B. (1988). The Interfaces Between Sociobiology and Developmental Psychology. In: MacDonald, K.B. (eds) Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3760-0_1
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