Baboon Metaphysics
Title | Baboon Metaphysics PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy L. Cheney |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2008-09-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0226102440 |
Animals.
Baboon Metaphysics
Title | Baboon Metaphysics PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy L. Cheney |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Animal behavior |
ISBN |
Almost Human
Title | Almost Human PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley C. Strum |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2001-09-15 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780226777566 |
"In the same way that Jane Goodall's pioneering study of chimpanzees revealed their likeness to humans, Strum's work shows how, contrary to the popular image and the scientific evidence of the time, the more distantly related baboons are just as socially savvy.
How Monkeys See the World
Title | How Monkeys See the World PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy L. Cheney |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780226102467 |
Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. "This reviewer had to be restrained from stopping people in the street to urge them to read it: They would learn something of the way science is done, something about how monkeys see their world, and something about themselves, the mental models they inhabit."—Roger Lewin, Washington Post Book World "A fascinating intellectual odyssey and a superb summary of where science stands."—Geoffrey Cowley, Newsweek "A once-in-the-history-of-science enterprise."—Duane M. Rumbaugh, Quarterly Review of Biology
The Metaphysics of Apes
Title | The Metaphysics of Apes PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Corbey |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2005-03-14 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780521836838 |
This book traces the discovery and interpretation of the human-like great apes and shows how the taboo-ridden animal-human boundary was challenged.
In Quest of the Sacred Baboon
Title | In Quest of the Sacred Baboon PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Kummer |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780691048383 |
the deserts of Ethiopia, Kummer recreates the adventure and intellectual thrill of the early days of field research on primates. Just as Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey introduced readers to the fascinating lives of chimpanzees and gorillas, Kummer brings readers face to face with the Hamadryas baboon. Photos.
Chimpanzee Material Culture
Title | Chimpanzee Material Culture PDF eBook |
Author | William C. McGrew |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1992-10-22 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780521423717 |
The implications of tool-use behaviour in chimpanzees for reconstructing the evolutionary origins of human culture are discussed in this book.