The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans : comparative perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans (Print)
Other Authors: Parker, Sue Taylor, Mitchell, Robert W., 1958-, Miles, H. Lyn, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
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.