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"The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys" is an intriguing
compilation of naturalistic and experimental research conducted
over the course of 20 years on gestural communication in primates,
as well as a comparison to what is known about the vocal
communication of nonhuman primates. The editors also make
systematic comparisons to the gestural communication of
prelinguistic and just-linguistic human children. An enlightening
exploration unfolds into what may represent the starting point for
the evolution of human communication and language.
This especially significant read is organized into nine chapters
that discuss:
*the gestural repertoire of chimpanzees;
*gestures in orangutans, subadult gorillas, and siamangs;
*gestural communication in Barbary macaques; and
*a comparison of the gestures of apes and monkeys.
This book will appeal to psychologists, anthropologists, and
linguists interested in the evolutionary origins of language and/or
gestures, as well as to all primatologists. A CD insert offers
video of gestures for each of the species.
"The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys" is an intriguing
compilation of naturalistic and experimental research conducted
over the course of 20 years on gestural communication in primates,
as well as a comparison to what is known about the vocal
communication of nonhuman primates. The editors also make
systematic comparisons to the gestural communication of
prelinguistic and just-linguistic human children. An enlightening
exploration unfolds into what may represent the starting point for
the evolution of human communication and language.
This especially significant read is organized into nine chapters
that discuss:
*the gestural repertoire of chimpanzees;
*gestures in orangutans, subadult gorillas, and siamangs;
*gestural communication in Barbary macaques; and
*a comparison of the gestures of apes and monkeys.
This book will appeal to psychologists, anthropologists, and
linguists interested in the evolutionary origins of language and/or
gestures, as well as to all primatologists. A CD insert offers
video of gestures for each of the species.
This handbook lays out the science behind how animals think,
remember, create, calculate, and remember. It provides concise
overviews on major areas of study such as animal communication and
language, memory and recall, social cognition, social learning and
teaching, numerical and quantitative abilities, as well as
innovation and problem solving. The chapters also explore more
nuanced topics in greater detail, showing how the research was
conducted and how it can be used for further study. The authors
range from academics working in renowned university departments to
those from research institutions and practitioners in zoos. The
volume encompasses a wide variety of species, ensuring the breadth
of the field is explored.
The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances
in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild
populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open
nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and
humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival
in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes.
Excavations of the nut cracking sites of chimpanzees have been
dated to around 4-5 thousand years ago. Tool Use in Animals
collates these and many more contributions by leading scholars in
psychology, biology and anthropology, along with supplementary
online materials, into a comprehensive assessment of the cognitive
abilities and environmental forces shaping these behaviours in taxa
as distantly related as primates and corvids.
The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances
in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild
populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open
nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and
humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival
in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes.
Excavations of the nut cracking sites of chimpanzees have been
dated to around 4-5 thousand years ago. Tool Use in Animals
collates these and many more contributions by leading scholars in
psychology, biology and anthropology, along with supplementary
online materials, into a comprehensive assessment of the cognitive
abilities and environmental forces shaping these behaviours in taxa
as distantly related as primates and corvids.
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Primate Psychology (Paperback, New Ed)
Dario Maestripieri; Contributions by Filippo Aureli, Jo-Anne Bachorowski, Michael J Beran, Jesse M Bering, …
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R1,694
Discovery Miles 16 940
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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In more ways than we may sometimes care to acknowledge, the human
being is just another primate--it is certainly only very rarely
that researchers into cognition, emotion, personality, and behavior
in our species and in other primates come together to compare notes
and share insights. This book, one of the few comprehensive
attempts at integrating behavioral research into human and nonhuman
primates, does precisely that--and in doing so, offers a clear,
in-depth look at the mutually enlightening work being done in
psychology and primatology.
Relying on theories of behavior derived from psychology rather
than ecology or biological anthropology, the authors,
internationally known experts in primatology and psychology, focus
primarily on social processes in areas including aggression,
conflict resolution, sexuality, attachment, parenting, social
development and affiliation, cognitive development, social
cognition, personality, emotions, vocal and nonvocal communication,
cognitive neuroscience, and psychopathology. They show nonhuman
primates to be far more complex, cognitively and emotionally, than
was once supposed, with provocative implications for our
understanding of supposedly unique human characteristics. Arguing
that both human and nonhuman primates are distinctive for their
wide range of context-sensitive behaviors, their work makes a
powerful case for the future integration of human and primate
behavioral research.
In the century and a half since Charles Darwin first began formulating his theories on evolution much research has been conducted on primate cognition. In this book, Michael Tomasello and Josep Call set out to review all that is scientifically known about the cognitive skills of nonhuman primates and to assess the current state of our knowledge. The authors integrate empirical findings on the topic from the beginning of the century to the present, placing this work in theoretical perspective.
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