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Author:

Schaik, Carel van.

Title:

Among orangutans : red apes and the rise of human culture / Carel van Schaik ; photographs by Perry van Duijnhoven.

Publisher:

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xi, 244 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Orangutan.
Culture.
Pongo pygmaeus--psychology--Indonesia.
Behavior, Animal--Indonesia.
Culture--Indonesia.
Orang-oetans.
Evolutionaire biologie.
Ethologie.
Mensachtigen.
Orang-outan.
Culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239).

Contents:

1. The orangutan paradox -- 2. Planet of the apes -- 3. Homo Sylvestris -- 4. Orangutan heaven -- 5. Arbo-reality -- 6. Party on (and off) -- 7. Life in slow motion -- 8. The dawn of technology -- 9. The culture club -- 10. Triangulating human nature -- Epilogue : living on borrowed time.

ISBN:

9780674015777 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674015770 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004052254

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)