THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE IN ANIMALS by John Tyler Bonner ( 9780691023731 )

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Title:

THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE IN ANIMALS

By:

John Tyler Bonner

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0691023735

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9780691023731

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Publisher:

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 May, 1983

Series:

Princeton Science Library

Pages:

232

Description:

More than fifty illustrations highlight a provocative study tracing the origins of culture as man now knows it back to the early biological evolution of animals.

Synopsis:

Animals do have culture, maintains this delightfully illustrated and provocative book, which cites a number of fascinating instances of animal communication and learning. John Bonner traces the origins of culture back to the early biological evolution of animals and provides examples of five categories of behavior leading to nonhuman culture: physical dexterity, relations with other species, auditory communication within a species, geographic locations, and inventions or innovations. Defining culture as the transmission of information by behavioral rather than genetical means, he demonstrates the continuum between the traits we find in animals and those we often consider uniquely human.

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