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Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
289 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
A renowned primatologist argues that ethical behavior witnessed in animals is the evolutionary and biological origin of human fairness and explains that morality has more to do with natural instincts than with religion.
2) Primates
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Primates have been called the highest order of animal with big brains, adaptability, tool-usage, social structures, and personalities. Learn more about familiar species and discover new ones, such as the newly-found bald uakari and Tapanuli orangutan, as well as the scientists who work with them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 326 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
A whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
vii, 248 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Description
Like an urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin decodes the primate social behaviors of Upper East Side mothers in a memoir about her adventures assimilating into that most secretive and elite tribe. After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighborhood, Wednesday Martin struggled to fit in. Drawing on her background in anthropology and primatology, she tried looking at her new world through that lens, and suddenly things fell into...
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