This classic textbook by Alcock (Arizona State U.) teaches undergraduates about animal behavior by focusing on how the logic of science is used to produce hypotheses, predictions, and tests of scientific explanations; why evolutionary scientists who study behavioral traits depend on the work of Charles Darwin; and the distinction between proximate and ultimate causes in biology. His primary question concentrates on what adaptive value is served by specific behaviors, and he considers social, anti-predator, mating, and parental behavior, then presents examples of how the developmental and physiological mechanisms underlying animal behavior work and why they can be studied in terms of their adaptive value. In the 10th edition, he reorganizes chapters and addresses altruism in the beginning as an introduction to the concept of the Darwinian puzzle and the scientific research that can help solve it. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)