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Child Nurturance - Studies of Development in Nonhuman Primates (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
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Child Nurturance - Studies of Development in Nonhuman Primates (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
Series: Child Nurturance, 3
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The underlying theme uniting the papers of this volume is the quest
for a further understanding of human behavior. The similarities
between the behaviors of other primates and humans have captivated
us even before a science arose. But what is the justification for
making such comparisons? Comparisons, like classifications, can be
made on any basis whatever. The aim in making any scientific
comparison is the same as doing a classification. That is, one
attempts to make the comparison on a "natural" basis. Natural, in
this case, means that the comparison reflects processes that occur
in nature. The fundamental paradigm for making natural comparisons
in biology is based on evolutionary theory. The evolutionary
paradigm is inherently one of comparisons between and within
species. Conversely, it is impossible to begin to make cross
species comparisons without making, implicitly at least,
evolutionary arguments. But evolution is a complex construct of
theories (Lewis, 1980), and comparisons can be made out of
different theoretical bases. F or the sake of this discussion we
can combine varieties of sub-theories into two categories: those
having to do with descent with modification, and those concerned
with the mechanics of evolutionary change--notably natural
selection.
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