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The thinking ape : evolutionary origins of intelligence /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Byrne, Richard W.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1995.
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Acceso en línea:Tabla de contenido
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the limits of fossil evidence
  • How to reconstruct evolutionary history
  • What is intelligence and what is it for? How animals learn
  • Why animals learn better in social groups
  • Imitative behaviour of animals
  • Understanding how things work
  • Understanding minds: doing and seeing, knowing and thinking
  • What use is a theory of mind?
  • planning and thinking ahead
  • Apes and language
  • Food for thought
  • Machiavellian intelligence
  • Testing the theories
  • Taking stock.