Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology

Department of Biology

Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

The first comprehensive book about evolutionary ethnobiology written in English

It includes a formal presentation of theories and approaches on the interface between ecology and evolution in ethnobiology

It introduces the understanding of evolution and ecology as driving forces to explain human behavior regarding natural resources

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Evolutionary Ethnobiology.- Ecological-evolutionary Approaches to the Human-environment Relationship: History and Concepts.- Evolution of Humans and by Humans.- Evolutionary Ecology and Ethnobiology.- Evolutionary Approaches to Ethnobiology.- Niche Construction Theory and Ethnobiology.- Knowledge Transmission: The Social Origin of Information and Cultural Evolution.- Resilience and Adaptation in Social-ecological Systems.- Utilitarian Redundancy: Conceptualization and Potential Applications in Ethnobiological Research.- The Influence of the Environment on Natural Resource Use: Evidence of Apparency.- Local Criteria for Medicinal Plant Selection.- Use Patterns of Medicinal Plants by Local Populations.- Biological and Cultural Bases of the Use of Medicinal and Food Plants.- An Evolutionary Perspective on the Use of Hallucinogens.