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Question of Animal Culture, The

Hardback by Laland, Kevin N.; Galef, Bennett G.; Hill, Kim; Bonnie, Kristin E.; Kendal, Rachel L.; Kendal, Jeremy R.; Mann, Janet; McGrew, W. C.; Perry, Susan; Sargeant, Brooke L.; van Schaik, Carel; Sterelny, Kim; Tomasello, Michael; Whiten, Andrew; Whitehead, Hal

Question of Animal Culture, The

£64.95

ISBN:
9780674031265
Publication Date:
1 Feb 2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Pages:
360 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 16 - 21 May 2024
Question of Animal Culture, The

Description

Fifty years ago, a troop of Japanese macaques was observed washing sandy sweet potatoes in a stream, sending ripples through the fields of ethology, comparative psychology, and cultural anthropology. The issue of animal culture has been hotly debated ever since. Now Kevin Laland and Bennett Galef have gathered key voices in the often rancorous debate to summarize the views along the continuum from "Culture? Of course!" to "Culture? Of course not!" The result is essential reading for anyone interested in the validity of animal culture, and what it might say about our own.

Contents

* Introduction Kevin N. Laland and Bennett G. Galef * In Tune with Others: The Social Side of Primate Culture Frans B. M. de Waal and Kristin E. Bonnie * Ten Dispatches from the Chimpanzee Culture Wars, plus Revisiting the Battlefronts. W. C. Mcgrew * Geographical Variation in the Behavior of Wild Great Apes: Is It Really Cultural? Carel P. Van Schaik * The Identification and Differentiation of Culture in Chimpanzees and Other Animals: From Natural History to Diffusion Experiments Andrew Whiten * How Might We Study Culture? A Perspective from the Ocean. Hal Whitehead * Acquiring Culture: Individual Variation and Behavioural Development in Bottlenose Dolphins Brooke L. Sargeant and Janet Mann * Animal Culture: Problems and Solutions Kevin N. Laland, Jeremy R. Kendal and Rachel L. Kendal * The Question of Chimpanzee Culture, plus Postscript. Michael Tomasello * Culture in Animals? Bennett G. Galef * Are Nonhuman Primates Likely to Exhibit Cultural Capacities like Those of Humans, and If So, How Can This Be Demonstrated? Susan Perry * Animal "Culture"? Kim Hill * Peace Keeping in the Culture Wars Kim Sterelny * References * Contributors * Index

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