The hunt for the dawn monkey [[electronic resource] ] : unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans / / Chris Beard ; illustrations by Mark Klingler
| The hunt for the dawn monkey [[electronic resource] ] : unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans / / Chris Beard ; illustrations by Mark Klingler |
| Autore | Beard K. Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569/.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Primates, Fossil
Monkeys, Fossil Fossil hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-35872-3
9786612358722 1-4175-8494-7 0-520-94025-3 1-59734-939-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Missing Links and Dawn Monkeys -- 2. Toward Egypt's Sacred Bull -- 3. A Gem from the Willwood -- 4. The Forest in the Sahara -- 5. Received Wisdom -- 6. The Birth of a Ghost Lineage -- 7. Initial Hints from Deep Time -- 8. Ghost Busters -- 9. Resurrecting the Ghost -- 10. Into the African Melting Pot -- 11. Paleoanthropology and Pithecophobia -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
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Beard K. Christopher
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The hunt for the dawn monkey [[electronic resource] ] : unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans / / Chris Beard ; illustrations by Mark Klingler
| The hunt for the dawn monkey [[electronic resource] ] : unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans / / Chris Beard ; illustrations by Mark Klingler |
| Autore | Beard K. Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569/.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Primates, Fossil
Monkeys, Fossil Fossil hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology |
| ISBN |
1-282-35872-3
9786612358722 1-4175-8494-7 0-520-94025-3 1-59734-939-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Missing Links and Dawn Monkeys -- 2. Toward Egypt's Sacred Bull -- 3. A Gem from the Willwood -- 4. The Forest in the Sahara -- 5. Received Wisdom -- 6. The Birth of a Ghost Lineage -- 7. Initial Hints from Deep Time -- 8. Ghost Busters -- 9. Resurrecting the Ghost -- 10. Into the African Melting Pot -- 11. Paleoanthropology and Pithecophobia -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783316903321 |
Beard K. Christopher
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The hunt for the dawn monkey : unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans / / Chris Beard ; illustrations by Mark Klingler
| The hunt for the dawn monkey : unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans / / Chris Beard ; illustrations by Mark Klingler |
| Autore | Beard K. Christopher |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569/.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Primates, Fossil
Monkeys, Fossil Fossil hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology |
| ISBN |
9786612358722
9781282358720 1282358723 9781417584949 1417584947 9780520940253 0520940253 9781597349390 1597349399 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Missing Links and Dawn Monkeys -- 2. Toward Egypt's Sacred Bull -- 3. A Gem from the Willwood -- 4. The Forest in the Sahara -- 5. Received Wisdom -- 6. The Birth of a Ghost Lineage -- 7. Initial Hints from Deep Time -- 8. Ghost Busters -- 9. Resurrecting the Ghost -- 10. Into the African Melting Pot -- 11. Paleoanthropology and Pithecophobia -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974775903321 |
Beard K. Christopher
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tool use in animals : cognition and ecology / / edited by Crickette M. Sanz, Washington University, St Louis, USA, Josep Call, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Christophe Boesch, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany [[electronic resource]]
| Tool use in animals : cognition and ecology / / edited by Crickette M. Sanz, Washington University, St Louis, USA, Josep Call, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Christophe Boesch, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 569/.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tool use in animals
Primates - Behavior |
| ISBN |
1-107-23472-7
1-107-32671-0 1-107-65743-1 1-107-33243-5 0-511-89480-5 1-107-33647-3 1-107-33481-0 1-107-33315-6 1-299-25745-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. Cognition of tool use. 1. Three ingredients for becoming a creative tool-user / Josep Call ; 2. Ecology and cognition of tool use in chimpanzees / Christophe Boesch ; 3. Chimpanzees plan their tool use / Richard W. Byrne, Crickette M. Sanz and David B. Morgan -- Part II. Comparative cognition. 4. Insight, imagination and invention : tool understanding in a non-tool-using corvid / Nathan J. Emery ; 5. Why is tool use rare in animals? / Gavin R. Hunt, Russell D. Gray and Alex H. Taylor ; 6. Understanding differences in the way human and non-human primates represent tools : the role of teleological-intentional information / April M. Ruiz and Laurie R. Santos ; 7. Why do woodpecker finches use tools? / Sabine Tebbich and Irmgard Teschke -- Part III. Ecology and culture. 8. The social context of chimpanzee tool use / Crickette M. Sanz and David B. Morgan ; 9. Orangutan tool use and the evolution of technology / Ellen J.M. Meulman and Carel P. van Schaik ; 10. The Etho-Cebus Project : stone-tool use by wild capuchin monkeys / Elisabetta Visalberghi and Dorothy Fragaszy -- Part IV. Archaeological perspectives. 11. From pounding to knapping : how chimpanzees can help us model hominin lithics / Susana Carvalho, Tetsuro Matsuzawa and William C. McGrew ; 12. Early hominin social learning strategies underlying the use and production of bone and stone tools / Matthew V. Caruana, Francesco d'Errico and Lucinda Backwell ; 13. Perspectives on stone tools and cognition in the early Paleolithic record / Shannon P. McPherron. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465654703321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tool use in animals : cognition and ecology / / edited by Crickette M. Sanz, Washington University, St Louis, USA, Josep Call, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Christophe Boesch, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany [[electronic resource]]
| Tool use in animals : cognition and ecology / / edited by Crickette M. Sanz, Washington University, St Louis, USA, Josep Call, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Christophe Boesch, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 569/.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tool use in animals
Primates - Behavior |
| ISBN |
1-107-23472-7
1-107-32671-0 1-107-65743-1 1-107-33243-5 0-511-89480-5 1-107-33647-3 1-107-33481-0 1-107-33315-6 1-299-25745-3 |
| Classificazione | SCI070050 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. Cognition of tool use. 1. Three ingredients for becoming a creative tool-user / Josep Call ; 2. Ecology and cognition of tool use in chimpanzees / Christophe Boesch ; 3. Chimpanzees plan their tool use / Richard W. Byrne, Crickette M. Sanz and David B. Morgan -- Part II. Comparative cognition. 4. Insight, imagination and invention : tool understanding in a non-tool-using corvid / Nathan J. Emery ; 5. Why is tool use rare in animals? / Gavin R. Hunt, Russell D. Gray and Alex H. Taylor ; 6. Understanding differences in the way human and non-human primates represent tools : the role of teleological-intentional information / April M. Ruiz and Laurie R. Santos ; 7. Why do woodpecker finches use tools? / Sabine Tebbich and Irmgard Teschke -- Part III. Ecology and culture. 8. The social context of chimpanzee tool use / Crickette M. Sanz and David B. Morgan ; 9. Orangutan tool use and the evolution of technology / Ellen J.M. Meulman and Carel P. van Schaik ; 10. The Etho-Cebus Project : stone-tool use by wild capuchin monkeys / Elisabetta Visalberghi and Dorothy Fragaszy -- Part IV. Archaeological perspectives. 11. From pounding to knapping : how chimpanzees can help us model hominin lithics / Susana Carvalho, Tetsuro Matsuzawa and William C. McGrew ; 12. Early hominin social learning strategies underlying the use and production of bone and stone tools / Matthew V. Caruana, Francesco d'Errico and Lucinda Backwell ; 13. Perspectives on stone tools and cognition in the early Paleolithic record / Shannon P. McPherron. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792071703321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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