New ebook “Evolution of Human Sociality” will be available  [Vol 2.]

This book explores secrets in the tens of thousands of years of human evolution.
Currently available for reservation on the Amazon Kindle site.

“Evolution of Human Sociality” will be released by Shisousha on August 28 2020. This book is currently available for reservation on the Amazon Kindle site.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first case that a Japanese author publishes from a Japanese publisher using only an ebook (plus POD), without paper print.

This book is a book co-authored by a senior leader(Juichi Yamagiwa) and a young researcher(Shun Hongo) of the Japan Primate Society.  Juichi Yamagiwa is President of Science Council of Japan for its 24th term and President Kyoto University for its 26th term.

“Evolution of Human Sociality” consists of two volumes:
 
Vol 1. Primatology as a Study of Society (iCardbook) Price:$10.39
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Human-Sociality-Primatology-iCardbook-ebook/dp/B08FFLGR7F/

Vol 2. The Past, Present, and Future of a Society with Empathy and Family (iCardbook) Price:$10.39
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Human-Sociality-Present-iCardbook-ebook/dp/B08FGFFMX6/

 


Springer(Primates) give high marks for this book
Each iCard is a reflection on major concepts in the study of sociality, ranging from the evolution of primates to the challenges facing all living species as an integrated whole. Connections between concepts are continually highlighted within this knowledge network through links between iCards. (・Book Review Published: 24 October 2020 What is society? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-020-00871-w


■About Book
Where does our sociality come from? What is it? Where is it taking us? This book explores its secrets in the tens of thousands of years of human evolution. The key to unlocking secrets lies in the achievements of primatology from Japan.

“Evolution of Human Sociality(Vol 1. Primatology as a Study of Society)” provides a comprehensive college-level introduction to the study of primatology.

Humanity, especially the social nature of the human race, is at stake. Do you think that way?

The family, which has long been the most basic component of society, is now in danger of collapse. Such changes were caused and accelerated by globalism and the communication revolution.

The “family” formed by our human ancestors comprised the dual structure of family groups of related individuals, and a community made up of multiple families. The dual structure of family and community has been maintained by the high degree of empathy developed by humans. However, the family is now in danger of collapse. What will the human family and society be like in the future? Let us consider this question by “Evolution of Human Sociality(Vol 2. The Past, Present, and Future of a Society with Empathy and Family)”.

yamagiwa gorillaⒸ illustration by keiko tsubokawa


■QUATE

"With the global movement of commodities and people, and the development of information and communication technologies, we are now able to simultaneously connect with a large number of people at great distances. Robots and artificial intelligence, which are able to work more efficiently than humans in many fields, have begun to replace our labor. Of particular importance in the midst of these rapid changes is that the sympathetic society, in which humans have been bodily connected, is now being transformed into an information society in which we are connected by our brains." ( from Preface )

"Family is one of the oldest human culture"
from 『家族進化論 (Evolutionary History of Human Family』 by Juichi Yamagiwa)


 

■Table of contents
(Vol 1.)
Chapter 1. The Origins of Primatology
Chapter 2. The Society of Japanese Monkeys
Chapter 3. The Setting for Primate Evolution       
Chapter 4. Food and Sex Form Sociality
(Vol 2.)
Chapter 5. Violence and Society
Chapter 6. The Evolution of Life Cycle Strategy
Chapter 7. The Theory of Mind and the Evolution of Communication
Chapter 8. The Transformation of the Family and the Future of Human society

 


・Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Wher Are We Going? 1897 by Paul Gauguin https://www.gauguin.org/where-do-we-come-from-what-are-we.jsp

■About the Author.
Juichi Yamagiwa is the 26th President of Kyoto University. He is a world-renowned researcher and expert in the field of primatology and human evolution. He also served as President of International Primatological Society from 2008–2012.
 
In Japan, Yamagiwa served as the president of the Association of National Universities from 2017–2019, and he presently serves as the president of the Science Council of Japan, and a member of the Environmental Policy Committee of Japan’s Ministry of the Environment.
 
Shun Hongo is a researcher in Kyoto University’s Center for African Area Studies. He has studied the behavioral ecology of wild mandrills in south Gabon since 2009, and was awarded a PhD in Science by Kyoto University in 2016. From 2018, he began studying the population ecology of forest duikers for the establishment of a community-based wildlife management system in a Cameroonian rainforest. His interests range from the evolution of mammalian social systems to the development of methods for mammal density estimation.