Book Review

The growing symbiosis between social and evolutionary psychology is now readily apparent. As the edited volume Evolution and Social Psychology attests, evolutionary theory is permeating nearly every research area in social psychology. Editors Mark Schaller, Jeff Simpson, and Doug Kenrick have chosen to represent a variety of new frontiers in evolutionary social psychology, including the self, relationships, group dynamics, aggression and altruism, stereotyping and prejudice, and judgment and decision-making. Overall, the volume makes a strong case for the adoption of an evolutionary perspective in social psychology. In many ways, Evolution and Social Psychology successfully builds on an earlier book, Evolutionary Social Psychology, also edited by Simpson and Kenrick (1997). Over the past decade, evolutionary perspectives have made great strides in influencing social science research. For example, empirical studies have shown that evolutionary theory’s influence in psychology in general (Cornwell, Palmer, Guinther, and Davis, 2005) and social psychology in particular (Webster, 2007a) has increased over the past several years. An evolutionary perspective in social psychology can not only help researchers generat