The thinking ape : evolutionary origins of intelligence

The thinking ape : evolutionary origins of intelligence / Richard Byrne.

"'Intelligence' has long been considered to be a feature unique to human beings, giving us the capacity to imagine, to think, to deceive, to make complex connections between cause and effect, to devise elaborate strategies for solving problems. However, like all our other features, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrne, Richard W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
Intellect.
Animal intelligence.
Psychology, Comparative.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
evolution.
Animal intelligence
Human evolution
Intellect
Psychology, Comparative
Social evolution
Intelligenz
Evolution
Intelligentie.
Evolutie.
Inteligencia.
Psicologia comparada.
Comportamento social animal.
Evolucao humana.
Primatas (biologia)
Intelligence.
Animaux > Intelligence.
Psychologie comparée.
Évolution.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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