Tree of origin : what primate behavior can tell us about human social evolution /

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Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Description:311 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4512537
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Other authors / contributors:Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-
ISBN:0674004604 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-300) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Of Genes and Apes: Chimpanzee Social Organization and Reproduction
  • 2. Apes from Venus: Bonobos and Human Social Evolution
  • 3. Beyond the Apes: Reasons to Consider the Entire Primate Order
  • 4. The Ape's Gift: Meat-eating, Meat-sharing, and Human Evolution
  • 5. Out of the Pan, Into the Fire: How Our Ancestors' Evolution Depended on What They Ate
  • 6. Social and Technical Forms of Primate Intelligence
  • 7. Brains on Two Legs: Group Size and the Evolution of Intelligence
  • 8. From Primate Communication to Human Language
  • 9. The Nature of Culture: Prospects and Pitfalls of Cultural Primatology
  • Notes