The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans : comparative perspectives /
| Uniform Title: | The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans (Print) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Comparative evolutionary and developmental perspectives on gorillas and orangutans
- Hominid family values: morphological and molecular data on relations among the great apes and humans / David R. Begun
- The life history and development of great apes in comparative perspective / Sue T. Parker
- The frontal lobes of the great apes with a focus on the gorilla and the orangutan / Katerina Semendeferi
- Pt. 2. Cognition and tool use in gorillas and orangutans
- Intelligent tool use in wild Sumatran orangutans / Elizabeth A. Fox, Arnold F. Sitompul, Carel P. Van Schaik
- Orangutans' imitation of tool use: a cognitive interpretation / Anne E. Russon
- Object manipulation and skill organization in the complex food preparation of mountain gorillas / Richard W. Byrne
- Development of sensorimotor intelligence in infant gorillas: the manipulation of objects in problem-solving and exploration / Juan C. Gómez
- Tool use in captive gorillas / Sarah T. Boysen ... [et al.]
- A survey of tool use in zoo gorillas / Sue T. Parker ... [et al.]
- Pt. 3. Communication in gorillas and orangutans
- Symbolic communication with and by great apes / H. Lyn Miles
- The development of spontaneous gestural communication in a group of zoo-living lowland gorillas / Joanne E. Tanner, Richard W. Byrne
- Early sign-language acquisition: comparisons between children and gorillas / John B. Bonvillian, Francine G.P. Patterson
- Early sign performance in a free-ranging, adult orangutan / Gary L. Shapiro, Biruté M.F. Galdikas
- Pt. 4. Social cognition in gorillas and orangutans
- Comparative aspects of mirror self-recognition in great apes / Karyl B. Swartz, Dena Sarauw, Siân Evans
- Deception and concealment as strategic script violation in great apes and humans / Robert W. Mitchell
- Levels of imitation and cognitive mechanisms in orangutans / Joseph Call
- Parental encouragement in Gorilla in comparative perspective: implications for social cognition and the evolution of teaching / Andrew Whiten
- The development of social roles in the play of an infant gorilla and its relationship to sensorimotor intellectual development / Sue T. Parker
- Pt. 5. Epilogue
- The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans in phylogenetic perspective / Sue T. Parker, Robert W. Mitchell.