Monkeytalk
Subtitle: inside the worlds and minds of primates
By: Julia Fischer ; translated by Frederick B. Henry Jr
Contributors: Henry, Frederick B., Jr., translator
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780226124247
Subjects: Cognition in animals; Social behavior in animals; Psychology; Behavior; Learning in animals; Primates; Evolution
Work titles: Affengesellschaft
Description: xiii, 247 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Translation of: Affengesellschaft. Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part one. Social behavior. Primate diversity; title: Barbary macaques : model monkeys; title: Primate social systems; title: Chacma baboons : into the wild; title: Guinea baboons : uncharted territories; title: The evolution of baboons; title: Challenges of the third kind; title: Part two. Cognition. What do animals think?; title: Physical cognition; title: Social intelligence; title: Social knowledge; title: Theory of mind; title: The evolution of intelligence; title: Part three. Communication. What is communication?; title: The function of monkey sounds; title: The evolution of language : beginnings; title: Ape language projects; title: Natural communication in primates; title: Word learning in a domestic dog; title: The evolution of language : state of the art; title: The evolution of communication; title: Conclusion and prospects.