The Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence

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    The Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence Editors: David R. Begun, Anne E. Russon Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Cambridge University Press
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    Pages: 396 Illustrations and other contents: 48 Tables, unspecified; 6 Halftones, unspecified; 30 Line drawings, unspecified Language: English ISBN: 9780521039925 Categories: ,

    Research on the evolution of higher intelligence rarely combines data from fields as diverse as paleontology and psychology. In this volume we seek to do just that, synthesizing the approaches of hominoid cognition, psychology, language studies, ecology, evolution, paleoecology and systematics toward an understanding of great ape intelligence. Leading scholars from all these fields have been asked to evaluate the manner in which each of their topics of research inform our understanding of the evolution of intelligence in great apes and humans. The ideas thus assembled represent a comprehensive survey of the various causes and consequences of cognitive evolution in great apes. The Evolution of Thought will therefore be an essential reference for graduate students and researchers in evolutionary psychology, paleoanthropology and primatology.

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    '... a good overview of the present state of research.' Gorilla Journal 'The book's strengths are several. The editors had a clear idea of what they wanted from their interdisciplinary encounter and they framed the process with welcoming introductory chapters and a masterly concluding one. Ethologists will find accessible even the most esoteric data ... most chapters make a real effort to be understood by non-specialists ... this is a brave and provocative book. It is a call to arms for true-disciplinary collaboration. Few ethologists know palaeontology, but all will learn from this bridge-building effort.' Ethology 'it may be impossible to travel back in time in order to reconstruct exactly the sequence of events that shaped the cognitive architecture of our nearest living and extinct relatives, but books like this one do a good job of allowing us to imagine the most likely scenarios, and of exposing gaps in knowledge that have to be filled for the complete picture to emerge.' Primates

    Author Biography

    Anne E. Russon is a Professor of Psychology at Glendon College of York University in Toronto, Canada. David Begun is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.