The Missing Lemur Link: An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour

ISBN-13: 9781107016088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 300 str.

Elisabetta Palagi; Ivan Norscia

Opis

A comparative study of lemurs in the context of shared ancestral links with both humans and primates.

Spis treści

An opening message Jane Goodall; Foreword Alison Jolly and Ian Tatterall; Preface; Part I. Communication: From Sociality to Society: 1. Who are you? How lemurs recognize each other in a small centred world; 2. What do you mean? Multimodal communication for a better signal transmission; 3. Vertical living: sexual selection strategies and upright locomotion; Part II. How Conflicts Shape Societies: 4. Bossing around the forest: power asymmetry and hierarchy; 5. Something to make peace for: conflict management and resolution; 6. Anxiety...from scratch: emotional response to tense situations; Part III. Why Lemurs Keep in Touch: 7. Playing lemurs: why primates have been playing for a long time; 8. Sex is not on discount: mating market and lemurs; 9. Understanding lemurs: future directions in lemur cognition; Afterword Michael Huffman; Index.