Duane Quiatt, Vernon Reynolds

Primate Behaviour

Information, Social Knowledge, and the Evolution of Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about he social life of monkeys, apes and humans. The central theme is the importance of social information and knowledge to a full understanding of primate social behavior and organization. Using this perspective, the authors seek to demonstrate a continually between human and non-human society that is often not recognized elsewhere in the literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780521498326
• ISBN-10: 0521498325
• Artikelnr.: 21837414

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The contexts of behaviour
3. Emphasizing individual benefits: blind strategies
4. Emphasizing individual benefits: tactical decisions
5. Cognition
6. Social cognition
7. Intentionalist interpretations of behaviour
8. Kinship in the social domain
9. Kinship and marriage
10. The constraints of culture
11. Language and its social implications
References
Index.