Primate Ethology

by Pendleton Herring, Desmond Morris

Overview

This is a groundbreaking workwhich brought together studiesof monkeys and apes from boththe laboratory and the field. Manybroad aspects of primate life,including facial expressions,sexual signals, grooming, play,social organization and parental care, are covered bythe contributors and provided a whole new approach toprimate behavior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202308265
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/09/2005
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Aldine Transaction Edition 1 Introduction: the Study of Primate Behaviour DESMOND MORRIS, Zoological Society of London 2 The Facial Displays of the Catarrhine Monkeys and Apes J. A. R. A. M. VAN HOOFF, Laboratorium voor Vergelijkende Fysiologie, Utrecht 3 Socio-sexual Signals and their Intra-specific Imitation among Primates 69 WOLFGANG WICKLER, Max-Planck-Institute fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen 4 Allogrooming in Primates: a Review JOHN SPARKS, Ethology Laboratory, Zoological Society of London 5 Play Behaviour in Higher Primates: a Review CAROLINE LOIZOS 6 Variability in the Social Organization of Primates 219 T. E. ROWELL, Department of Zoology, Makerere University College, Kampala 7 Comparative Aspects of Communication m New World Primates M. MOYNIHAN, Canal Zone Biological Area, Smithsonian Institution 8 The Effect of Social Companions on Mother-Infant Relations in Rhesus Monkeys R. A. HINDE AND Y. SPENCER-BOOTH, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Madingley, Cambridge 9 Mother-Offspring Relationships in Free-ranging Chimpanzees JANE VAN LA WICK-GOODALL, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Madingley, Cambridge 10 An Ethological Study of Some Aspects of Social Behaviour of Children in Nursery School N.G. Blurton Jones, Department of Growth and Development, Institute of Child Health, University of London Index

Editorial Reviews

This disparate series of chapters covers a number of topics of value to sociologists who are concerned with non-verbal communication: facial and sexual displays, social relations and social organization of monkeys and apes, and an analysis of the social behaviour of nursery school children.” —V. Reynolds, The British Journal of Sociology “The work is of the careful and high quality characteristic of modern ethology.” —George Bateson, American Anthropologist “The profusely documented and elaborately illustrated Primate Ethology is a very rewarding book… Excellent illustrations and commendably accurate documentation make this book one which all scientists can safely take home in the knowledge that, after providing stimulating reading, it will remain for reference on their shelves.” —M. R. A. Chance, Man “The book contains some important original data… a number of… thoughtful revies and comparative articles by Van Hoof,… Wickler,… Sparks,… and Loizos,… and one new direction—an ethological study of nursery school children. There is a characteristic emphasis throughout on the detailed description of communicative motor patterns, an emphasis which renders the book particularly valuable to the specialist.” —Nicholas S. Thompson, The Quarterly Review of Biology “This book will be useful to primate behaviorists.” —Charles H. Southwick, Science “This exciting books shows ethology solidifying its correlations between patterned acts and the social and individual meaning of this behavior with careful avoidance of anthropomorphic interpretation.” —J. Lawrence Angel, Human Biology

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