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Author Cheney, Dorothy L.

Title Baboon metaphysics : the evolution of a social mind / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  599.8 CHENEY    Check Shelf
Description x, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- 1. The evolution of mind -- 2. The primate mind in myth and legend -- 3. Habitat, infanticide, and predation -- 4. Males : competition, infanticide, and friendship -- 5. Females : kinship, rank, competition, and cooperation -- 6. Social knowledge -- 7. The social intelligence hypothesis -- 8. Theory of mind -- 9. Self-awareness and consciousness -- 10. Communication -- 11. Precursors to language -- 12. Baboon metaphysics -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
Subject Papio -- psychology.
Behavior, Animal.
Cognition.
Baboons -- Behavior.
Social behavior in animals.
Cognition in animals.
Added Author Seyfarth, Robert M.
ISBN 9780226102436 cloth alkaline paper
0226102432 cloth alkaline paper
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