Significant Others

Name: Significant Others
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ISBN: 9780465081721

ISBN-10: 046508172X

ISBN-13: 9780465081721

Edition: 2002

Authors: Craig B. Stanford

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Examines what the family connection between apes and humans really means, arguing that if we want to learn about human nature we must look to the apes. Stanford provides insights into infanticide, mating practices and the origins of human cognition - as well as debunking many myths.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 6/20/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.37" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Craig B. Stanford is Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology and Co-Director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California.



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: Five Cherished Myths of Human Origins



Love, Death, and Food



Apes from Mars and Venus



You Are What You Eat



Let Us Prey



The Handmaid's Tale



The Infanticide Wars



Natal Attractions



Culture, Language, and the Trouble with Evolutionary Psychology



Got Culture?



Machiavelli's Uncle Was a Monkey



The Nature of Nurture



The Silliest Debate



Islands in the Human Sea



Gorillas Without Borders



In the Field



Islands in the Human Sea



The Ape's Gift


Notes


References


Index