Evolution of human behavior
(Books, theoretical papers and commentaries)

                                  Relevant publications

D. Maestripieri and J. Morford, eds.
   Gestural Communication in Human and Nonhuman Primates.
   Special issue of Evolution of Communication, 1(2), 1997
D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Costs and benefits of female aggressiveness in humans and other mammals.
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22: 231-232, 1999
J. R. Roney, D. Maestripieri.
      The importance of comparative and phylogenetic analyses in the study of adaptation.
      Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25: 525, 2002.
D. Maestripieri, ed.
     Primate Psychology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003.
D. Maestripieri.
      The past, present, and future of primate psychology.
      In: Primate Psychology.  Ed. by D. Maestripieri. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
      pp. 1-16, 2003
D. Maestripieri, K. M. Durante.
      Infant colic: Re-evaluating the adaptive hypotheses.
      Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27: 468-469, 2004
D. Maestripieri.
    On the importance of comparative research for the understanding of human behavior
    and development: A reply to Gottlieb & Lickliter (2004).
    Social Development, 14: 181-186, 2005. 
D. Maestripieri, J. R. Roney
     Evolutionary developmental psychology: Contributions from comparative research with nonhuman primates.
     Developmental Review, 26: 120-137, 2006.
D. Maestripieri.
    Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World.
    Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
D. Maestripieri.
     On the use of comparative research for understanding human language evolution.
     Current Anthropology, 49: 1066-1067, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
    The contribution of comparative research to the development and testing of life-history
     models of human attachment and reproductive strategies.
     Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32: 37-38, 2009.
D. Maestripieri.
     Konrad Z. Lorenz.
     In: The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion. Ed. by R. Shweder. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 580-581, 2009.
D. Maestripieri.
    Comparative primate psychology.
    In: Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
    Ed. by V. S. Ramachandran. Amsterdam: Elsevier, in press.
D. Maestripieri.
    Games Primates Play: The biology and economics of human relationships.
    New York: Basic Books, in press.