ISBN: 9780226124247

Description: xiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

• Originally published in German: Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, 2012, under title Affengesellschaft.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.

Contents:

• Prologue
• Part one. Social behavior. Primate diversity
• Barbary macaques : model monkeys
• Primate social systems
• Chacma baboons : into the wild
• Guinea baboons : uncharted territories
• The evolution of baboons
• Challenges of the third kind
• Part two. Cognition. What do animals think?
• Physical cognition
• Social intelligence
• Social knowledge
• Theory of mind
• The evolution of intelligence
• Part three. Communication. What is communication?
• The function of monkey sounds
• The evolution of language : beginnings
• Ape language projects
• Natural communication in primates
• Word learning in a domestic dog
• The evolution of language : state of the art
• The evolution of communication
• Conclusion and prospects.

LCCN: 2016032594

Control Number: 2220584

Subjects:

• Cognition in animals.
• Learning in animals.
• Primates -- Behavior.
• Social behavior in animals.

Other Authors:

• Henry, Frederick B., Jr., translator.
• Translation of: Fischer, Julia, 1966- Affengesellschaft.