LEADER 03923nam 2200541 450 001 9910154284103321 005 20230126223148.0 010 $a0-226-12438-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226124384 035 $a(CKB)4340000000022892 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4765784 035 $a(DE-B1597)568188 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226124384 035 $a(OCoLC)1233041988 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000022892 100 $a20160714h20172017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMonkeytalk $einside the worlds and minds of primates /$fJulia Fischer ; translated by Frederick B. Henry Jr 210 1$aChicago ;$aLondon :$cThe University of Chicago Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (262 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-226-12424-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPrologue -- $tPart One: Social Behavior -- $tPart Two: Cognition -- $tPart Three: Communication -- $tConclusion and Prospects -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aMonkey see, monkey do?or does she? Can the behavior of non-human primates?their sociality, their intelligence, their communication?really be chalked up to simple mimicry? Emphatically, absolutely: no. And as famed primatologist Julia Fischer reveals, the human bias inherent in this oft-uttered adage is our loss, for it is only through the study of our primate brethren that we may begin to understand ourselves. An eye-opening blend of storytelling, memoir, and science, Monkeytalk takes us into the field and the world?s primate labs to investigate the intricacies of primate social mores through the lens of communication. After first detailing the social interactions of key species from her fieldwork?from baby-wielding male Barbary macaques, who use infants as social accessories in a variety of interactions, to aggression among the chacma baboons of southern Africa and male-male tolerance among the Guinea baboons of Senegal?Fischer explores the role of social living in the rise of primate intelligence and communication, ultimately asking what the ways in which other primates communicate can teach us about the evolution of human language. Funny and fascinating, Fischer?s tale roams from a dinner in the field shared with lionesses to insights gleaned from Rico, a border collie with an astonishing vocabulary, but its message is clear: it is humans who are the evolutionary mimics. The primate heritage visible in our species is far more striking than the reverse, and it is the monkeys who deserve to be seen. ?The social life of macaques and baboons is a magnificent opera,? Fischer writes. ?Permit me now to raise the curtain on it.? 606 $aPrimates$xBehavior 606 $aSocial behavior in animals 606 $aCognition in animals 606 $aLearning in animals 610 $aprimates, animals, animal kingdom, mental, brain, primatology, anthropology, scholarly, scholar, academic, school, educational, classroom, college, university, memoir, science, scientific, interdisciplinary, communication, africa, international, species, cognition, social studies, behavior, evolution, evolutionary, language, interpersonal, macaques, genes, vocalization, conflict, metacognition, sentience, baboon, fieldwork, research, hypothesis. 615 0$aPrimates$xBehavior. 615 0$aSocial behavior in animals. 615 0$aCognition in animals. 615 0$aLearning in animals. 676 $a599.8 700 $aFischer$b Julia$f1966-$0983236 702 $aHenry$b Frederick B.$cJr., 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154284103321 996 $aMonkeytalk$92244517 997 $aUNINA