Animal Social Complexity : Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies / ed. by Frans B. M. de Waal, Peter L. Tyack.
Boesch, Christophe, contributor.; Boesch, Christophe.; Boysen, Sarah T., contributor.; Bradbury, Jack W.; Bradbury, Jack W., contributor.; Cheney, Dorothy L., contributor.; Connor, Richard C., contributor.; Connor, Richard.; Creel, Scott, contributor.; Deaner, Robert O., contributor.; Dizon, Andrew E., contributor.; Drea, Christine M., contributor.; Drea, Christine.; Engh, Anne, contributor.; Engh, Anne.; Escorza-Trevino, Sergio, contributor.; Evans, Karen, contributor.; Frank, Laurence G., contributor.; Frank, Laurence. (Frank Laurence), 1894-1967; Hallberg, Karen I.; Hallberg, Karen I., contributor.; Holekamp, Kay E., contributor.; Hooff, Jan A. R. A. M. Van, contributor.; Huber, Ludwig, contributor.; Hyde, John, contributor. 1965-; Jaffee, Stephanie.; Kastak, David, contributor.; King, Andrew P., contributor.; Krützen, Michael, contributor.; Kummer, Hans.; Mannu, Massimo, contributor.; Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, contributor.; Matsuzawa, Tetsuro.; McGrew, W.C. (William Clement), 1944-; Mcgrew, W. C., contributor. (William Clement), 1944-; Mesnick, Sarah L.; Mesnick, Sarah L., contributor.; Nelson, Douglas A., contributor.; Nishida, Toshisada, contributor.; Nishida, Toshisada.; Nunn, Charles L.; Nunn, Charles L., contributor.; Ottoni, Eduardo B.; Ottoni, Eduardo Β., contributor.; Pandolfi, Stephanie S., contributor.; Parr, Lisa A.; Parr, Lisa A., contributor.; Payne, Katherine B.; Payne, Κaty, contributor.; Perry, Susan, contributor.; Perry, Susan.; Preuschoft, Signe, contributor.; Pusey, Anne E., contributor.; Reichmuth Kastak, Colleen, contributor.; Sands, Jennifer L., contributor.; Schaik, Carel P. Van, contributor.; Schusterman, Ronald J., contributor.; Schusterman, Ronald.; Seyfarth, Robert M., contributor.; Seyfarth, Robert.; Taylor, Barbara L., contributor.; Tyack, Peter L., contributor.; Tyack, Peter L., editor.; Voelkl, Bernhard, contributor.; Voelkl, Bernhard.; Waal, Frans Β. Μ. De, contributor.; Wahaj, Sofia A., contributor.; Wahaj, Sofia.; Wells, Randall S.; Wells, Randall S., contributor.; West, Meredith J., contributor.; West, Meredith.; White, David J., contributor. 1931-; Whitehead, Hal, contributor.; Whitehead, Hal.; Wilkinson, Gerald S.; Wilkinson, Gerald S., contributor.; Yurk, Harald, contributor.; Yurk, Harald.; Zuberbuehler, Klaus.; Zuberbühler, Klaus, contributor.; de Waal, Frans B. M., editor.; van Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M.; van Schaik, Carel.
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Animal Social Complexity : Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies / ed. by Frans B. M. de Waal, Peter L. Tyack.
Edition
Reprint 2014
ISBN
9780674419131
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674419131
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2003
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (640 p.) : 49 halftones, 74 line illustrations
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674419131 doi
Summary
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?
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Boesch, Christophe, contributor.
Boesch, Christophe.
Boysen, Sarah T., contributor.
Bradbury, Jack W.
Bradbury, Jack W., contributor.
Cheney, Dorothy L., contributor.
Connor, Richard C., contributor.
Connor, Richard.
Creel, Scott, contributor.
Deaner, Robert O., contributor.
Dizon, Andrew E., contributor.
Drea, Christine M., contributor.
Drea, Christine.
Engh, Anne, contributor.
Engh, Anne.
Escorza-Trevino, Sergio, contributor.
Evans, Karen, contributor.
Frank, Laurence G., contributor.
Frank, Laurence. (Frank Laurence), 1894-1967
Hallberg, Karen I.
Hallberg, Karen I., contributor.
Holekamp, Kay E., contributor.
Hooff, Jan A. R. A. M. Van, contributor.
Huber, Ludwig, contributor.
Hyde, John, contributor. 1965-
Jaffee, Stephanie.
Kastak, David, contributor.
King, Andrew P., contributor.
Krützen, Michael, contributor.
Kummer, Hans.
Mannu, Massimo, contributor.
Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, contributor.
Matsuzawa, Tetsuro.
McGrew, W.C. (William Clement), 1944-
Mcgrew, W. C., contributor. (William Clement), 1944-
Mesnick, Sarah L.
Mesnick, Sarah L., contributor.
Nelson, Douglas A., contributor.
Nishida, Toshisada, contributor.
Nishida, Toshisada.
Nunn, Charles L.
Nunn, Charles L., contributor.
Ottoni, Eduardo B.
Ottoni, Eduardo Β., contributor.
Pandolfi, Stephanie S., contributor.
Parr, Lisa A.
Parr, Lisa A., contributor.
Payne, Katherine B.
Payne, Κaty, contributor.
Perry, Susan, contributor.
Perry, Susan.
Preuschoft, Signe, contributor.
Pusey, Anne E., contributor.
Reichmuth Kastak, Colleen, contributor.
Sands, Jennifer L., contributor.
Schaik, Carel P. Van, contributor.
Schusterman, Ronald J., contributor.
Schusterman, Ronald.
Seyfarth, Robert M., contributor.
Seyfarth, Robert.
Taylor, Barbara L., contributor.
Tyack, Peter L., contributor.
Tyack, Peter L., editor.
Voelkl, Bernhard, contributor.
Voelkl, Bernhard.
Waal, Frans Β. Μ. De, contributor.
Wahaj, Sofia A., contributor.
Wahaj, Sofia.
Wells, Randall S.
Wells, Randall S., contributor.
West, Meredith J., contributor.
West, Meredith.
White, David J., contributor. 1931-
Whitehead, Hal, contributor.
Whitehead, Hal.
Wilkinson, Gerald S.
Wilkinson, Gerald S., contributor.
Yurk, Harald, contributor.
Yurk, Harald.
Zuberbuehler, Klaus.
Zuberbühler, Klaus, contributor.
de Waal, Frans B. M., editor.
van Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M.
van Schaik, Carel.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
I. Life History and Brain Evolution
1. Life History and Cognitive Evolution in Primates
CASE STUDY 1Α
2. Dolphin Social Complexity: Lessons from Long-Term Study and Life History
3. Sources of Social Complexity in the Three Elephant Species
II. Evolution of Cooperative Strategies
4. Complex Cooperation among Taï Chimpanzees
CASE STUDY 4A
CASE STUDY 4B
5. The Social Complexity of Spotted Hyenas
CASE STUDY 5A
6. Is Social Stress a Consequence of Subordination or a Cost of Dominance?
CASE STUDY 6A
III. Social Cognition
7. Equivalence Classification as an Approach to Social Knowledge: From Sea Lions to Simians
8. The Structure of Social Knowledge in Monkeys
9. Social Syntax: The If-Then Structure of Social Problem Solving
CASE STUDY 9A
IV. Communication
10. Laughter and Smiling: The Intertwining of Nature and Culture
CASE STUDY 10A
11. Vocal Communication in Wild Parrots
CASE STUDY 11A
12. Social and Vocal Complexity in Bats
13. Dolphins Communicate about Individual-Specific Social Relationships
CASE STUDY 13A
V. Cultural Transmission
14. Koshima Monkeys and Bossou Chimpanzees: Long-Term Research on Culture in Nonhuman Primates
CASE STUDY 14A
15. Individuality and Flexibility of Cultural Behavior Patterns in Chimpanzees
CASE STUDY 15A
16. Ten Dispatches from the Chimpanzee Culture Wars
CASE STUDY 16A
17. Society and Culture in the Deep and Open Ocean: The Sperm Whale and Other Cetaceans
CASE STUDY 17A
18. Discovering Culture in Birds: The Role of Learning and Development
References
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index

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