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Baboon metaphysics : the evolution of a social mind / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth.
LIBRA QL737.P93 C43 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheney, Dorothy L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baboons--Behavior.
- Baboons.
- Social behavior in animals.
- Cognition in animals.
- Physical Description:
- x, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Cheney and Seyfarth aim to fully comprehend the intelligence that underlies baboons' social organization. Written with a scientist's precision and a nature-lover's eye, the authors gives readers an unprecedented and compelling glimpse into the mind of another species.
- Contents:
- The evolution of mind
- The primate mind in myth and legend
- Habitat, infanticide, and predation
- Males : competition, infanticide, and friendship
- Females : kinship, rank, competition, and cooperation
- Social knowledge
- The social intelligence hypothesis
- Theory of mind
- Self-awareness and consciousness
- Communication
- Precursors to language
- Baboon metaphysics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226102436
- 0226102432
- OCLC:
- 77334281
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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