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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9780691186986 ● File size 22.7 MB ● Publisher Princeton University Press ● City Princeton ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6368219 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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