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Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives

By John A. Byers , Marc Bekoff

Book information

Year
1998
ISBN
0521586569, 9780521586566, 0521583837, 9780521583831, 9780511608575
LCC
QL763.5 .A54 1998
Open Library ID
OL675849M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8872780 bytes)
Pages
292\289
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Why do animals play? Play has been described in animals as diverse as reptiles, birds and mammals, so what benefits does it provide and how did it evolve? Careful, quantitative studies of social, locomotor and object play behavior are now beginning to answer these questions and shed light on many other aspects of both animal and human behavior. This unique interdisciplinary volume brings together the major findings about play in a wide range of species including humans. Topics about play include the evolutionary history of play, play structure, function and development, and sex and individual differences. Animal Play is destined to become the benchmark volume in this subject for many years to come, and will provide a source of inspiration and understanding for students and researchers in behavioral biology, neurobiology, psychology and anthropology.

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