Reaching into Thought - The Minds of the Great Apes (Paperback, Revised)

In this book, field and laboratory researchers show that the Great Apes are capable of thinking at symbolic levels, traditionally considered uniquely human. They show these high-level abilities in both social and ecological domains, including tool use, imitation, pretense, self-awareness, deception, consolation, teaching and proto-culture itself. Here, contributors emphasize the mechanisms involved in building these abilities--especially the lengthy developmental and "enculturation" processes--suggesting changes to current views on how primate and human intelligence have evolved. Researchers and professionals in the fields of primatology, animal behavior, anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive psychology will find much useful information in this book.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1998
First published:	1996
Editors:	Anne E. Russon • Kim A. Bard • Sue Taylor Parker
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	478
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-64496-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Mammals > Primates
LSN:	0-521-64496-8
Barcode:	9780521644969

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