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Baboon Perspectives on Early Human Ancestors : One Approach to Reconstructing Early Hominin Ecology and Behavior / by Glenn E. King

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2024Publisher: Cham : Imprint: Springer, 2024Edition: 1st ed. 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 275 p. 40 illus., 25 illus. in color.)ISBN:
  • 9783031367694
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783031367687 | 9783031367700 | 9783031367717 | Erscheint auch als: 9783031367687 Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: 9783031367700 Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: 9783031367717 Druck-AusgabeDOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36769-4Online resources: Summary: Chapter 1: An Introduction to Baboons and Early Hominins -- Chapter 2: Why Compare Early Hominins to Baboons? -- Chapter 3: Comparison and Criticism -- Chapter 4: Subsistence -- Chapter 5: Stresses and Dangers -- Chapter 6: Social Organization -- Chapter 7: Social Relationships of Females -- Chapter 8: Cognition -- Chapter 9: Communication -- Chapter 10: The Roots of Language.Summary: Baboon Perspectives on Early Human Ancestors brings together the most recent information on the behavior and ecology of Papio baboons and early hominins. Building on a long tradition and integrating recent developments, it discusses the ways that baboon behavior can enhance our understanding of our early ancestors. This approach augments interpretation of the archeological record and provides hypotheses for the gaps in the record and for the millions of years before the record began. Baboon behavior complements the widely used chimpanzee models, but also generates competing hypotheses. Among the many topics covered in the book are foraging and predator defense; multi-level societies and male-female relationships; social and ecological cognition; and communication and the roots of language.PPN: PPN: 1902233719Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SBL | ZDB-2-SXB
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