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Title:

Tree of origin : what primate behavior can tell us about human social evolution / Frans B.M. de Waal, editor.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

311 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Primates--Behavior.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Primates.
Evolution.
Hominidae.
Social Behavior.
Primates--Moeurs et comportement.
Homme--Évolution.
Évolution sociale.
Primaten.
Gedrag.
Mensen.
Sociale evolutie.

Other Authors:

Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-300) and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Frans B.M. de Waal. -- Of genes and apes : chimpanzee social organization and reproduction / Anne E. Pusey. -- Apes from Venus : bonobos and human social evolution / Frans B.M. de Waal. -- Beyond the apes : reasons to consider the entire primate order / Karen B. Strier. -- The ape's gift : meat-eating, meat-sharing, and human evolution / Craig B. Stanford. -- Out of the pan, into the fire : how our ancestor's evolution depended on what they ate / Richard W. Wrangham. -- Social and technical forms of primate intelligence / Richard W. Byrne. -- Brains on two legs : group size and the evolution of intelligence / Robin I.M. Dunbar. -- From primate communication to human language / Charles T. Snowdon. -- The nature of culture : prospects and pitfalls of cultural primatology / William C. McGrew.

ISBN:

9780674010048 (pbk.)
0674010043 (pbk.)
9780674004603 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674004604 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

00050581

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)