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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 599.815 EAN: 9780674004603 ISBN: 0674004604 Label: Harvard University Press Manufacturer: Harvard University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: May 30, 2001 Publisher: Harvard University Press Studio: Harvard University Press Sales Rank: 730810
Rating: - Digging for our roots
The greatest scientific quest is finding our place in Nature. This leading primatologist has collected a series of essays on primate behaviour in an outstanding effort aimed at answering that question. De Waal's credentials as a student of chimpanzee behaviour are well-known. He's joined here by researchers of equal status in presenting the most recent findings in the field. De Waal states in the Introduction that research in human behaviour falls into two camps - human beings are an entirely unique species or human evolutionary roots are visible in many of our related species. He and his fellow essayists adhere to the second theme, the one that has gained significant adherence over the past several decades of research. "The proliferation of ... Read More: