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Animal Innovation
Av Simon M. Reader, Kevin N. Laland
Häftad, 2003
991 kr
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In 1953 a young female Japanese macaque called Imo began washing sweet potatoes before eating them, presumably to remove dirt and sand grains. Soon other monkeys had adopted this behaviour, and potato washing gradually spread throughout the troop. When, three years after her first invention, Imo …
Sense and Nonsense
Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour
Av Kevin N. Laland, Gillian Brown
Häftad, 2011
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
653 kr
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Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. But the legitimacy of this exercise is at the centre of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary …
Culture Evolves
Av Andrew Whiten, Robert A. Hinde m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1974 kr
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Culture - broadly defined as all we learn from others that endures for long enough to generate customs and traditions - shapes vast swathes of our lives and has allowed the human species to dominate the planet in an evolutionarily unique way. Culture and cultural evolution are uniquely significant …
Question of Animal Culture
Av Kevin N. Laland, Bennett G. Galef
Inbunden, 2009
748 kr
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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 …
Evolutionary Causation
Biological and Philosophical Reflections
Av Tobias Uller, Kevin N. Laland
Inbunden, 2019
639 kr
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