Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

Name: Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
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ISBN: 9780674363366

ISBN-10: 0674363361

ISBN-13: 9780674363366

Edition: 1996

Authors: Robin Dunbar

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What a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an instrument of social order and cohesion--much like the endless grooming with which our primate cousins tend to their social relationships. Apes and monkeys, humanity's closest kin, differ from other animals in the intensity of these relationships. All their grooming is not so much about hygiene as it is about cementing bonds, making friends, and influencing fellow primates. But for early humans, grooming as a way to social success posed a problem:…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 242
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English




Talking Heads



Into The Social Whirl



The Importance Of Being Earnest



Of Brains and Groups and Evolution



The Ghost in the Machine



Up Through the Mists of Time



First Words



Babel's Legacy



The Little Rituals of Life



The Scars of Evolution


Bibliography


Index