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Evolutionary theories and research findings have increasingly gained traction within the social sciences over the past few decades—albeit sometimes reluctantly. There has often been resistance and criticism, yet it can now be observed in many social science disciplines that evolutionary approaches have become established, influencing research to such an extent that this is reflected in terms such as evolutionary psychology, evolutionary sociology, or evolutionary demography. We now speak of evolutionary behavioral sciences or evolutionary social sciences. In an international comparison, evolutionary approaches were adopted rather cautiously in German-speaking countries and often viewed critically. Nevertheless, an increase in evolutionary research can also be observed here. This is expressed in an increase in publications and in the organization of conferences or evolutionary sessions at social science conferences, such as at the congresses of the German Society for Sociology (DGS) or the Austrian Society for Sociology (ضGS). In particular, the MVE list1 (Human Behavior from an Evolutionary Perspective), a mailing list and platform for scientists interested in evolutionary theory in German- speaking countries that has existed since 1999, has done and continues to do pioneering work and has been holding relevant conferences regularly since 2000. Thus, in the year 20192 and in the year 20213 two MVE conferences took place, which explicitly addressed the relationship between evolutionary theory and social sciences. The contributions of the present book were largely presented at these two conferences. In addition, selected further contributions were invited to cover evolutionary social science research in the German-speaking area as broadly as possible. The present work is the first comprehensive overview of evolutionary social science research in the German-speaking area, which is intended to further promote the aforementioned increase in the importance of evolutionary research in German-speaking countries and make the many fields of evolutionary research accessible to a broad readership. After the German publication, this book was translated into English with the help of Large Language Models at the suggestion of the publisher in order to also reach a non-German-speaking audience. Our thanks go to all the contributing authors of the anthology for their interesting contributions and their constructive cooperation, as well as to the publishing team at Springer VS, especially to Dr. Cori Antonia Mackrodt, who always provided us with advice and showed patience throughout the duration of the book project, with all its challenges and uncertainties. We hope that this book provides an inspiring introduction for interested social scientists and students who want to deal with the evolutionary or biosocial foundations of human behavior and forms of human society. Ultimately, we hope that the book will also be received in the German-speaking as well as in the international scientific community.