Song of the Ape Understanding the Languages of Chimpanzees

Name: Song of the Ape Understanding the Languages of Chimpanzees
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ISBN: 9780312563110

ISBN-10: 0312563116

ISBN-13: 9780312563110

Edition: 2012

Authors: Andrew R. Halloran

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While working as a zookeeper with a group of captive chimpanzees living on an island, Andrew Halloran witnessed an event which would cause him to become obsessed with how chimpanzees communicate complex information and ideas to each other. He had carelessly forgotten to secure his rowboat and watched it floating over to the island, where five members of the chimp group quietly boarded. They sat in two perfect rows of two with Higgy, their alpha male. at the back, propelling and steering the boat to shore.The incident must have been preplanned and communicated. Since then, Andrew has studied primate communication. What he found is that chimpanzees use a set of vocalizations every bit as…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/28/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Andrew Halloran, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Scientific Literacy at Lynn University in Boca Raton and works as a primatologist for the Maderas Rainforest Conservancy in Nicaragua. He received his Ph.D. at Florida Atlantic University studying biological and linguistic anthropology. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida. <i>The Song of the Ape</i> is his first book.