The Oxford handbook of comparative evolutionary psychology
By: edited by Jennifer Vonk, Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780199738182
Subjects: Evolutionary psychology; Comparative Psychology
Description: This comprehensive volume includes coverage of: unique specializations in a wide range of taxa from insects, cephalopods, reptiles, corvids, canines, cetaceans, and primates; communication, cooperation, social learning, memory and cognitition in different species; controversial theories about the evolution of sometimes surprising abilities in species, both phylogenetically close to and distant from humans.