Download PDF by Sue Taylor Parker,Robert W. Mitchell,H. Lyn Miles: The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans: Comparative

By Sue Taylor Parker,Robert W. Mitchell,H. Lyn Miles

learn at the psychological talents of chimpanzees and bonobos has been greatly celebrated and utilized in reconstructions of human evolution. by contrast, much less awareness has been paid to the talents of gorillas and orangutans. This 1999 quantity goals to aid whole the image of hominoid cognition by way of bringing jointly the paintings on gorillas and orangutans and environment it in comparative standpoint. The introductory chapters set the evolutionary context for evaluating cognition in gorillas and orangutans to that of chimpanzees, bonobos and people. the remainder chapters concentration totally on the categories and degrees of intelligence displayed through orangutans and gorillas in comparison to different nice apes, together with performances within the vintage domain names of instrument use and power making, imitation, self-awareness, social verbal exchange and image use. All these short of additional info at the psychological talents of those occasionally missed, yet very important primates will locate this booklet a treasure trove.

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