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Social Processes and Mental Abilities in Non-Human Primates

Social Processes and Mental Abilities in Non-Human Primates Edivences from Longitudinal Field Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

This anthropological inquiry into the nature of non-human primates considers group social dynamics, organization and behaviour as local phenomena with transcendent properties. It rejects the neo-Darwinian view that social behaviour is subject to natural selection and that genetic determinism underlies manifest patterns.;New models are introduced concerning: where behaviour lies (Paterson, Hornshaw); what the meaning of proximal domain of behaviour is to the actors (Burton); problems of epistemology within primate studies that have sent primatologists off track (Chan, Hornshaw, Burton, Zeller); nature of interaction among young female orangutans and the history of the development of solitary patterns (Galdikas); and how patterns of communication code intricate, complex information of social significance (Burton, Zeller).

Book information

ISBN: 9780773495371
Publisher: E. Mellen Press
Imprint: E. Mellen Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 599.80451
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 283
Weight: 589g
Height: 240mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 25mm