Tree of origin : what primate behavior can tell us about human social evolution /

How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing clues. In Tree of Origin nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Primates > Behavior.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Primates.
Evolution (Biology)
Primates
Biological Evolution
Hominidae
Social Behavior
Cultural Evolution
Primates > Mœurs et comportement.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Évolution sociale.
Évolution (Biologie)
Primates (order)
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Human evolution
Primates > Behavior
Social evolution
Verhalten
Soziale Evolution
Primaten
Mensch
Primaten.
Gedrag.
Mensen.
Sociale evolutie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Frans B.M. de Waal.
  • Of genes and apes : chimpanzee social organization and reproduction / Anne E. Pusey.
  • Apes from Venus : bonobos and human social evolution / Frans B.M. de Waal.
  • Beyond the apes : reasons to consider the entire primate order / Karen B. Strier.
  • The ape's gift : meat-eating, meat-sharing, and human evolution / Craig B. Stanford.
  • Out of the pan, into the fire : how our ancestor's evolution depended on what they ate / Richard W. Wrangham.
  • Social and technical forms of primate intelligence / Richard W. Byrne.
  • Brains on two legs : group size and the evolution of intelligence / Robin I.M. Dunbar.
  • From primate communication to human language / Charles T. Snowdon.
  • The nature of culture : prospects and pitfalls of cultural primatology / William C. McGrew.

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