An edition of Monkeytalk (2017)

Monkeytalk

inside the worlds and minds of primates

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An edition of Monkeytalk (2017)

Monkeytalk

inside the worlds and minds of primates

xiii, 247 pages : 24 cm

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English
Pages
247

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Monkeytalk: inside the worlds and minds of primates
2017, The University of Chicago Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Translation of: Affengesellschaft. Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, 2012.

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

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
599.8
Library of Congress
QL737.P9F56513 2017, QL737.P9 F56513 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 247 pages
Number of pages
247

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27228633M
Internet Archive
monkeytalkinside0000fisc
ISBN 10
022612424X
ISBN 13
9780226124247
LCCN
2016032594
OCLC/WorldCat
944087626

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