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The origin and evolution of intelligence

Title
The origin and evolution of intelligence / edited by Arnold B. Scheibel, J. William Schopf.
Publication
Boston : Jones and Bartlett, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Scheibel, Arnold B.
  • Schopf, J. William, 1941-
Description
xvii, 169 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Prerational Intelligence - How Insects and Birds Find their Way / Rudiger Wehner -- Ch. 2. Communication and the Minds of Monkeys / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney -- Ch. 3. Why are We Afraid of Apes with Language? / Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- Ch. 4. The Modular Nature of Human Intelligence / Leda Cosmides and John Tooby -- Ch. 5. Evolution and Intelligence - Beyond the Argument from Design / Terrence W. Deacon -- Ch. 6. Evolutionary Biology and the Evolution of Language / Steven Pinker.
ISBN
0763703656
LCCN
96049305
OCLC
  • 36135806
  • ocm36135806
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries