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Tree of origin : what primate behavior can tell us about human social evolution /

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Other Authors: Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Behavior, Animal.
Cultural Evolution.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Frans B.M. de Waal.
  • Of genes and apes : chimpanzee social organization and reproduction / Anne E. Pusey.
  • Apes from Venus : bonobos and human social evolution / Frans B.M. de Waal.
  • Beyond the apes : reasons to consider the entire primate order / Karen B. Strier.
  • The ape's gift : meat-eating, meat-sharing, and human evolution / Craig B. Stanford.
  • Out of the pan, into the fire : how our ancestor's evolution depended on what they ate / Richard W. Wrangham.
  • Social and technical forms of primate intelligence / Richard W. Byrne.
  • Brains on two legs : group size and the evolution of intelligence / Robin I.M. Dunbar.
  • From primate communication to human language / Charles T. Snowdon.
  • The nature of culture : prospects and pitfalls of cultural primatology / William C. McGrew.