The Evolution of Social Communication in Primates : A Multidisciplinary Approach /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | Interdisciplinary Evolution Research,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- PART I: Philosophical and Historical Roots of Social Communication Studies
- Lord Monboddo's Ourang Outang and the Origin and Progress of Language
- Ferality and Morality; The Politics of the "Forbidden Experiment" in the Twentieth Century
- PART II: The Elements of Social Communication in Primates and Humans
- Experimental Conversations: Sign Language Studies with Chimpanzees
- How Primate Mothers and Infants Communicate: Characterizing Interaction in Mother-Infant Studies
- On Prototypical Facial Expressions vs. Variation in Facial Behavior: What Have We Learned on the "Visibility" of Emotions from Measuring Facial Actions in Humans and Apes
- The Evolution of Joint Attention: A Review and Critique
- Describing Mental States: From Brain Science to a Science of Mind Reading
- PART III: Evolutionary Transitions from Social Communication Systems to Language
- Bodily Mimesis and the Transition to Speech
- From Grasping to Grooming to Gossip: Innovative Use of Chimpanzee Signals in Novel Environments Supports both Vocal and Gestural Theories of Language Origins
- Reevaluating Chimpanzee Vocal Signals from the Ground Up
- PART IV: Evolutionary Origins of Human Language
- Communication and Human Uniqueness
- How did Humans Become Behaviorally Modern? Revisiting the 'Art First' Hypothesis
- Experiments and Simulations Can Inform Evolutionary Theories of the Cultural Evolution of Language
- The Emergence of Modern Communication in Primates: a Computational Approach
- What Can an Extended Synthesis do for Bio linguistics: On the Need and Benefits of the Eco-evo-devo Program.