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Subject(s)

• Primates—Behavior [Browse]
• Social behavior in animals [Browse]
• Cognition in animals [Browse]
• Learning in animals [Browse]

Translator

Henry, Frederick B., Jr. [Browse]

Henry, Frederick B., Jr. [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.

Original version

Originally published in German: Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, 2012 under title Affengesellschaft.

Contents

• Prologue
• Part one. Social behavior. Primate diversity
• Barbary macaques : model monkeys
• Primate social systems
• Chacma baboons : into the wild
• Guinea baboons : uncharted territories
• The evolution of baboons
• Challenges of the third kind
• Part two. Cognition. What do animals think?
• Physical cognition
• Social intelligence
• Social knowledge
• Theory of mind
• The evolution of intelligence
• Part three. Communication. What is communication?
• The function of monkey sounds
• The evolution of language : beginnings
• Ape language projects
• Natural communication in primates
• Word learning in a domestic dog
• The evolution of language : state of the art
• The evolution of communication
• Conclusion and prospects.

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ISBN

• 9780226124247 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 022612424X ((cloth ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016032594

OCLC

944087626

Other standard number

99971744596

RCP

C - S

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