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The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle /

Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zehavi, Amots
Otros Autores: Zahavi, Avishag
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species and even between species? What evolutionary purpose do such communications serve? Perhaps most importantly, what can animal signaling tell us about our own non-verbal forms of communication? In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Ashivag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many p.
Notas:Translated from Hebrew.
Originally published in 1997.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
ISBN:9780198026020
0198026021