Sue Taylor Parker / Robert W. Mitchell / H. Lyn Miles (eds.)

The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans

Comparative Perspectives
Herausgeber: Parker, Sue Taylor; Miles, H. Lyn; Mitchell, Robert W.

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Produktbeschreibung

This interesting 1999 study sets gorilla and orangutan cognitive abilities in context with the other great apes and humans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780521031936
• ISBN-10: 0521031931
• Artikelnr.: 21884401

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Comparative
Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Gorillas and Orangutans: 1.
Hominid family values: morphological and molecular data on relations among
the great apes and humans David R. Begun; 2. The life history and
development of great apes in comparative perspective Sue T. Parker; 3. The
frontal lobes of the great apes with a focus on the gorilla and the
orangutan Katerina Semendeferi; Part II. Cognition and Tool Use in Gorillas
and Orangutans: 4. Intelligent tool use in wild Sumatran orangutans
Elizabeth A. Fox, Arnold F. Sitompul and Carel P. van Schaik; 5.
Orangutans' imitation of tool use: a cognitive interpretation Anne E.
Russon; 6. Object manipulation and skill organization in the complex food
preparation of mountain gorillas Richard W. Byrne; 7. Development of
sensorimotor intelligence in infant gorillas: the manipulation of objects
in problem-solving and exploration Juan C. Gómez; 8. Tool use in captive
gorillas Sarah T. Boysen, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Peter Halliday and Yolanda
M. Halliday; 9. A survey of tool use in zoo gorillas Sue T. Parker, Mary
Kerr, Hal Markowitz and Jay Gould; Part III. Communication in Gorillas and
Orangutans: 10. Symbolic communication with and by great apes H. Lyn Miles;
11. The development of spontaneous gestural communication in a group of
zoo-living lowland gorillas Joanne E. Tanner and Richard W. Byrne; 12.
Early sign-language acquisition: comparisons between children and gorillas
John B. Bonvillian and Francine G. P. Patterson; 13. Early sign performance
in a free-ranging, adult orangutan Gary L. Shapiro and Biruté M. F.
Galdikas; Part IV. Social Cognition in Gorillas and Orangutans: 14.
Comparative aspects of mirror self-recognition in great apes Karyl B.
Swartz, Dena Sarauw, and Siân Evans; 15. Deception and concealment as
strategic script violation in great apes and humans Robert W. Mitchell; 16.
Levels of imitation and cognitive mechanisms in orangutans Joseph Call; 17.
Parental encouragement in Gorilla in comparative perspective: implications
for social cognition and the evolution of teaching Andrew Whiten; 18. The
development of social roles in the play of an infant gorilla and its
relationship to sensorimotor intellectual development Sue T. Parker; Part
V. Epilogue: 19. The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans in phlyogenetic
perspective Sue T. Parker and Robert W. Mitchell, Index of authors; Index
of subjects.