@article{1479429, author = {Boesch, Christophe, and Boesch, Christophe. and Boysen, Sarah T., and Bradbury, Jack W. and Bradbury, Jack W., and Cheney, Dorothy L., and Connor, Richard C., and Connor, Richard. and Creel, Scott, and Deaner, Robert O., and Dizon, Andrew E., and Drea, Christine M., and Drea, Christine. and Engh, Anne, and Engh, Anne. and Escorza-Trevino, Sergio, and Evans, Karen, and Frank, Laurence G., and Frank, Laurence. and Hallberg, Karen I. and Hallberg, Karen I., and Holekamp, Kay E., and Hooff, Jan A. R. A. M. Van, and Huber, Ludwig, and Hyde, John, and Jaffee, Stephanie. and Kastak, David, and King, Andrew P., and Krützen, Michael, and Kummer, Hans. and Mannu, Massimo, and Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, and Matsuzawa, Tetsuro. and McGrew, W.C. and Mcgrew, W. C., and Mesnick, Sarah L. and Mesnick, Sarah L., and Nelson, Douglas A., and Nishida, Toshisada, and Nishida, Toshisada. and Nunn, Charles L. and Nunn, Charles L., and Ottoni, Eduardo B. and Ottoni, Eduardo Β., and Pandolfi, Stephanie S., and Parr, Lisa A. and Parr, Lisa A., and Payne, Katherine B. and Payne, Κaty, and Perry, Susan, and Perry, Susan. and Preuschoft, Signe, and Pusey, Anne E., and Reichmuth Kastak, Colleen, and Sands, Jennifer L., and Schaik, Carel P. Van, and Schusterman, Ronald J., and Schusterman, Ronald. and Seyfarth, Robert M., and Seyfarth, Robert. and Taylor, Barbara L., and Tyack, Peter L., and Tyack, Peter L., and Voelkl, Bernhard, and Voelkl, Bernhard. and Waal, Frans Β. Μ. De, and Wahaj, Sofia A., and Wahaj, Sofia. and Wells, Randall S. and Wells, Randall S., and West, Meredith J., and West, Meredith. and White, David J., and Whitehead, Hal, and Whitehead, Hal. and Wilkinson, Gerald S. and Wilkinson, Gerald S., and Yurk, Harald, and Yurk, Harald. and Zuberbuehler, Klaus. and Zuberbühler, Klaus, and de Waal, Frans B. M., and van Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M. and van Schaik, Carel.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479429}, title = {Animal Social Complexity : Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies /}, abstract = {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. Social complexity turns out to be widespread indeed. For example, in many animal societies one individual's innovation, such as tool use or a hunting technique, may spread within the group, thus creating a distinct culture. As this collection of studies on a wide range of species shows, animals develop a great variety of traditions, which in turn affect fitness and survival. 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. At a time when humans are perceived more biologically than ever before, and animals as more cultural, are we about to witness the dawn of a truly unified social science, one with a distinctly cross-specific perspective?}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674419131}, recid = {1479429}, pages = {1 online resource (640 p.) :}, }