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The thinking ape [electronic resource] : evolutionary origins of intelligence / Richard Byrne

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Byrne, Richard W.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: the limits of fossil evidence -- 2.How to reconstruct evolutionary history -- 3.What is intelligence and what is it for? -- 4.How animals learn -- 5.Why animals learn better in social groups -- 6.Imitative behaviour of animals -- 7.Understanding how things work -- 8.Understanding minds: doing and seeing, knowing and thinking -- 9.What use is a theory of mind? -- 10.Planning and thinking ahead -- 11.Apes and language -- 12.Food for thought -- 13.Machiavellian intelligence -- 14.Testing the theories -- 15.Taking stock.
Summary
It has become clear in the few decades that the origins of human intelligence can be investigated by the comparative study of primates, our closest non-human relatives, giving strong impetus to the case for an 'evolutionary psychology', the scientific study of the mind. This book addresses the subject.
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9780191688676 (ebook)
0191688673 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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