Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies

Boesch, Christophe; Bradbury, Jack W.; Connor, Richard; Creel, Scott; Drea, Christine; Engh, Anne; Frank, Laurence; Hallberg, Karen I.; Jaffee, Stephanie; Kummer, Prof. Dr. Hans; Matsuzawa, Tetsuro; McGrew, W.C.; Mesnick, Sarah L.; Nishida, Toshisada; Nunn, Charles L.; Ottoni, Eduardo B.; Parr, Lisa A.; Payne, Katherine B.; Perry, Susan; Schusterman, Ronald; Seyfarth, Robert; van Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M.; van Schaik, Carel; Voelkl, Bernhard; Wahaj, Sofia; Wells, Randall S.; West, Meredith; Whitehead,

ISBN 10: 0674018230 / ISBN 13: 9780674018235

Published by Harvard University Press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674018230
• ISBN 13: 9780674018235
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

For over 25 years, primatologists have speculated that intelligence, at least in monkeys and apes, evolved as an adaptation to the complicated social milieu of hard-won friendships and bitterly contested rivalries. Yet the balkanization of animal research has prevented us from studying the same problem in other large-brained, long-lived animals, such as hyenas and elephants, bats and sperm whales. The editors argue that future research into complex animal societies and intelligence will change the perception of animals as gene machines, programmed to act in particular ways and perhaps elevate them to a status much closer to our own.

About the Author

Frans B. M. de Waal is C. H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Psychology Department, and Director of Living Links, part of the Yerkes Primate Center, Emory University. He is the author of Tree of Origin and Good Natured (both from Harvard), among others. Peter L. Tyack is Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.