Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, And Individualized Societies - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0674018230 ISBN 13: 9780674018235

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 2005

Riassunto

For over 25 years, primatologists have speculated that intelligence, at least in monkeys and apes, evolved as an adaptation to the complicated social milieu of hard-won friendships and bitterly contested rivalries. Yet the balkanization of animal research has prevented us from studying the same problem in other large-brained, long-lived animals, such as hyenas and elephants, bats and sperm whales. The editors argue that future research into complex animal societies and intelligence will change the perception of animals as gene machines, programmed to act in particular ways and perhaps elevate them to a status much closer to our own.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0674018230
• ISBN 13: 9780674018235
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 616
• Redattore: De Waal Frans B. M., Tyack Peter L.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile