Tree of Origin What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution

Name: Tree of Origin What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution
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ISBN: 9780674010048

ISBN-10: 0674010043

ISBN-13: 9780674010048

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Frans B. M. de Waal, Richard Byrne, Robin Dunbar, W. C. McGrew, Anne Pusey

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How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing clues. In Tree of Origin nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behavior of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species. It has been nearly fifteen years since a single volume addressed the issue of human evolution from a primate perspective, and in that time we have witnessed explosive growth in research on the subject. Tree of Origin gives us the latest news about bonobos, the "make love not war" apes who…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.91" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction




Of Genes and Apes: Chimpanzee Social Organization and Reproduction




Apes from Venus: Bonobos and Human Social Evolution




Beyond the Apes: Reasons to Consider the Entire Primate Order




The Ape's Gift: Meat-eating, Meat-sharing, and Human Evolution




Out of the Pan, Into the Fire: How Our Ancestors' Evolution Depended on What They Ate




Social and Technical Forms of Primate Intelligence




Brains on Two Legs: Group Size and the Evolution of Intelligence




From Primate Communication to Human Language




The Nature of Culture: Prospects and Pitfalls of Cultural Primatology



Notes