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Animal Social Complexity

Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies

Animal Social Complexity( )
Editor: Tyack, Peter L.
de Waal, Frans
ISBN:978-0-674-01823-5
Publication Date:Sep 2005
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $29.95
Book Description:

For over 25 years, primatologists have speculated that intelligence, at least in monkeys and apes, evolved as an adaptation to the complicated social milieu of hard-won friendships and bitterly contested rivalries. Yet the Balkanization of animal research has prevented us from studying the same problem in other large-brained, long-lived animals, such as hyenas and elephants, bats and sperm whales. Social complexity turns out to be widespread indeed. For example, in many animal...
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Book Details
Pages:640
Detailed Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.938 x 8.938 x 1.2 Inches
Book Weight:1.7 Pounds



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