The question of animal culture / edited by Kevin N. Laland and Bennett G. Galef.

Other author Laland, Kevin N.
Other author Galef, Bennett G.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Descriptionvi, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Kevin N. Laland, Bennett G. Galef -- In tune with others : the social side of primate culture / Frans B.M. de Waal, Kristin E. Bonnie -- Ten dispatches from the chimpanzee culture wars, plus postscript (revisiting the battlefronts) / W.C. McGrew -- Geographic 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 -- From social learning to culture : intrapopulation variation in bottlenose dolphins / Brooke L. Sargeant and Janet Mann -- Animal culture : problems and solutions / Kevin N. Laland, Jeremy R. Kendal, Rachel L. Kendal -- The question of chimpanzee culture, plus postscript (Chimpanzee culture, 2009) / Michael Tomasello -- Culture in animals? / Bennett G. Galef -- Are nonhuman primates likely to exhibit cultural capacities like those of humans? / Susan Perry -- Animal "culture"? / Kim Hill -- Peacekeeping in the culture wars / Kim Sterelny.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-341) and index.
LCCN 2008030549
ISBN0674031261
ISBN9780674031265

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QL 751 .Q84 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold