Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals
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Paperback. Examining evolutionary origins of universal human traits, this volume aims to understand what has shaped modern human behavior. This is illustrated through the identification of universal human traits and a look at how humans differ from various primates. Editor(s): Kappeler, Peter M.; Silk, Joan B. Num Pages: 504 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JFC; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 727.
This volume features a collection of essays by primatologists, anthropologists, biologists, and psychologists who offer some answers to the question of what makes us human, i. e. , what is the nature and width of the gap that separates us from other primates? The chapters of this volume summarize the latest research on core aspects of behavioral and cognitive traits that make humans such unusual animals. All contributors adopt an explicitly comparative approach, which is based on the premise that comparative studies of our closest biological relatives, the nonhuman primates, provide the logical foundation for identifying human univ- sals as ... Read more
This volume features a collection of essays by primatologists, anthropologists, biologists, and psychologists who offer some answers to the question of what makes us human, i. e. , what is the nature and width of the gap that separates us from other primates? The chapters of this volume summarize the latest research on core aspects of behavioral and cognitive traits that make humans such unusual animals. All contributors adopt an explicitly comparative approach, which is based on the premise that comparative studies of our closest biological relatives, the nonhuman primates, provide the logical foundation for identifying human univ- sals as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642027246
SKU
V9783642027246
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99-15
Reviews for Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals
From the reviews: “This edited, 22-chapter volume organizes contributions by experts from a wide range of disciplines … to address the origins and evolution of human universals
specifically, those behavioral and cognitive features that make humans a distinct species from other primates. … In looking for evidence of both convergence and common descent in specific traits, as is common in ... Read more
specifically, those behavioral and cognitive features that make humans a distinct species from other primates. … In looking for evidence of both convergence and common descent in specific traits, as is common in ... Read more