Significant others
Subtitle: the ape-human continuum and the quest for human nature
By: Craig Stanford.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Human evolution; Apes -- Behavior; Human behavior; Genetic psychology; Sociobiology
Description: This work concerns what the family connection between apes and humans really means. The co-director of the famous Jane Goodall Research Centre uses knowledge of great ape behaviour to examine (and puncture) many myths about humans - about mating practices, the origins of human cognition and others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.