عنوان

Baboon metaphysics :

شابک

0226102424

شابک

9780226102429

شابک اشتباه

0226102432

شابک اشتباه

9780226102436

شابک اشتباه

9780226102443

شماره

b709234

عنوان اصلي

Baboon metaphysics :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the evolution of a social mind /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Chicago :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Chicago Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2007.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (x, 348 pages) :

ساير جزييات

illustrations

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index.

متن يادداشت

In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, "He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke." Fifteen years ago, following the extraordinary success of their How Monkeys See the World, Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth set out to take up Darwin's challenge. Baboon Metaphysics is their fascinating response. Cheney and Seyfarth set up camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta, where they could intimately observe baboons and their social world. Baboons are a perfect model for such a study because they live in groups of up to 150, including a handful of males and eight or nine matrilineal families of females. Such numbers force baboons to form a complicated mix of short-term bonds for mating and longer-term friendships based on careful calculations of status and individual need. The result is enough interpersonal drama to rival Jane Austen, as the baboons make and break alliances and try to anticipate the actions of their friends and rivals, all while avoiding frequent attacks by predators. But Baboon Metaphysics is concerned with much more than just baboons' social organization -- Cheney and Seyfarth aim to fully comprehend the intelligence that underlies it. How do baboons actually conceive of the world and their place in it? Using innovative field experiments, the authors test whether baboons understand kinship relations, how they make use of vocal communication, and how they manage the stress and dangers of life in the wild. They learn that for baboons, just as for humans, family and friends hold the key to mitigating the ill effects of grief, stress, and anxiety. Written with a scientist's precision and a nature-lover's eye, Baboon Metaphysics gives us an unprecedented and compelling glimpse into the mind of another species.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

OverDrive, Inc.

شماره انبار

BB73DEEE-0A2E-4E09-B931-BF3DF9972778

عنوان

Baboon metaphysics.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780226102436

موضوع مستند نشده

Baboons-- Behavior.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cognition in animals.

موضوع مستند نشده

Social behavior in animals.

موضوع مستند نشده

Behavior, Animal.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cognition.

موضوع مستند نشده

Papio-- psychology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Babianer-- beteende.

موضوع مستند نشده

Baboons-- Behavior.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cognition in animals.

موضوع مستند نشده

Handlungsregulation

موضوع مستند نشده

NATURE-- Animals-- Primates.

موضوع مستند نشده

Pavian

موضوع مستند نشده

SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- Primatology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Social behavior in animals.

موضوع مستند نشده

Soziale Wahrnehmung

موضوع مستند نشده

Sozialverhalten

موضوع مستند نشده

NAT-- 002000

موضوع مستند نشده

SCI-- 070050

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

شماره رده

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Cheney, Dorothy L.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Seyfarth, Robert M.

تاريخ عمليات

20201208000555.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y