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The Evolution of Culture in Animals
John Tyler Bonner
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Description for The Evolution of Culture in Animals
Paperback. More than fifty illustrations highlight a provocative study tracing the origins of culture as man now knows it back to the early biological evolution of animals. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
Animals do have culture, maintains this delightfully illustrated and provocative book, which cites a number of fascinating instances of animal communication and learning. John Bonner traces the origins of culture back to the early biological evolution of animals and provides examples of five categories of behavior leading to nonhuman culture: physical dexterity, relations with other species, auditory communication within a species, geographic locations, and inventions or innovations. Defining culture as the transmission of information by behavioral rather than genetical means, he demonstrates the continuum between the traits we find in animals and those we often consider uniquely human.
Animals do have culture, maintains this delightfully illustrated and provocative book, which cites a number of fascinating instances of animal communication and learning. John Bonner traces the origins of culture back to the early biological evolution of animals and provides examples of five categories of behavior leading to nonhuman culture: physical dexterity, relations with other species, auditory communication within a species, geographic locations, and inventions or innovations. Defining culture as the transmission of information by behavioral rather than genetical means, he demonstrates the continuum between the traits we find in animals and those we often consider uniquely human.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Science Library
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691023731
SKU
V9780691023731
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Reviews for The Evolution of Culture in Animals
"[Bonner] structures his fascinating book as a survey of culture in the animal kingdom, marching up the venerable chain of being toward bigger brains, increasing behavioral complexity, and freedom from rigid genetic programs."
Stephen Jay Gould, New York Review of Books "John Tyler Bonner is a biologist who not only knows a great deal about plants and animals but has thought ... Read more
Stephen Jay Gould, New York Review of Books "John Tyler Bonner is a biologist who not only knows a great deal about plants and animals but has thought ... Read more