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15 produkter
How Animals Grieve
Häftad, 2014
160 kr
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Scientists have long cautioned against attributing familiar emotions to animals, arguing that it limits our ability to truly comprehend the lives of other creatures. Recently, however, things have begun to shift in the other direction, and anthropologist Barbara J. King is at the forefront of that …
Anthropology Beyond Culture
Av Barbara J. King, Richard G. Fox
E-bok, 2020
712 kr
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Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their …
Personalities on the Plate
The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat
Inbunden, 2017
237 kr
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In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just brains, but …
Evolving God
A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition
Häftad, 2017
186 kr
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Religion has been a central part of human experience since at least the dawn of recorded history. The gods change, as do the rituals, but the underlying desire remains a desire to belong to something larger, greater, most lasting than our mortal, finite selves. But where did that desire come from? …
Animals' Best Friends
Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild
Inbunden, 2021
255 kr
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As people come to understand more about animals’ inner lives—the intricacies of their thoughts and the emotions that are expressed every day by whales and cows, octopus and mice, even bees—we feel a growing compassion, a desire to better their lives. But how do we translate this compassion into …
Human Development in the Twenty-First Century
Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists
Av Alan Fogel, Barbara J. King m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
933 kr
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How do human beings develop and function in relation to the human and natural world? The science of dynamic systems focuses on connections and relationships between people rather than on individual actions alone. This 2007 collection of engaging, non-technical essays, written by dynamic systems …
Dynamic Dance
Nonvocal Communication in African Great Apes
Inbunden, 2004
556 kr
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Mother and infant negotiate over food; two high-status males jockey for power; female kin band together to get their way. It happens among humans and it happens among our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, the great apes of Africa. In this eye-opening book, we see precisely how such …
Information Continuum
Evolution of Social Information Transfer in Monkeys, Apes, and Hominids
Häftad, 1994
218 kr
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The Information Continuum creates a synthetic view of the evolution of communication among primates. King contends that the crucial element in the evolution of information acquisition and transfer is the acquired ability to donate information to others.
Origins of Language
What Nonhuman Primates Can Tell Us
Inbunden, 1999
354 kr
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Is human language unique in the animal world, or does it have meaningful precursors in animal communication? In The Origins of Language, ten primatologists and paleoanthropologists conduct a comprehensive examination of the nonhuman primate data, discussing different views of what language is and …
Anthropology Beyond Culture
Av Barbara J. King, Richard G. Fox
E-bok, 2020
727 kr
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Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their …
Human Development in the Twenty-First Century
Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists
Av Alan Fogel, Barbara J. King m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
681 kr
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How do human beings develop and function in relation to the human and natural world? The science of dynamic systems focuses on connections and relationships between people rather than on individual actions alone. This 2007 collection of engaging, non-technical essays, written by dynamic systems …
Tug Lake Tales: A novel about a one room country schoolhouse in northern Wisconsin
Häftad
245 kr
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Anthropology Beyond Culture
Av Richard G. Fox, Barbara J. King
Inbunden, 2002
2521 kr
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Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their …
Anthropology Beyond Culture
Av Richard G. Fox, Barbara J. King
Häftad, 2002
621 kr
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Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their …
Origins of Language
What Nonhuman Primates Can Tell Us
Häftad, 1999
282 kr
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Is human language unique in the animal world, or does it have meaningful precursors in animal communication? In The Origins of Language, ten primatologists and paleoanthropologists conduct a comprehensive examination of the nonhuman primate data, discussing different views of what language is and …
