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Comparative Vertebrate Cognition: Are Primates Superior to Non-Primates?

By Lesley J. Rogers , Nathan J. Emery , Nicola S. Clayton (auth.) , Gisela Kaplan (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
2004
ISBN
978-1-4613-4717-0, 978-1-4419-8913-0
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-8913-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10268724 bytes)
Series
Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Edition
1
Pages
386\392
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Anthropology; Zoology

Description

This book explores afresh the long-standing interest, and emphasis on, the `special' capacities of primates. Some of the recent discoveries of the higher cognitive abilities of other mammals and also birds challenge the concept that primates are special and even the view that the cognitive ability of apes is more advanced than that of nonprimate mammals and birds. It is therefore timely to ask whether primates are, in fact, special and to do so from a broad range of perspectives. Divided into five sections this book deals with topics about higher cognition and how it is manifested in different species, and also considers aspects of brain structure that might be associated with complex behavior.

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