Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution

By Frans de WaalRobin I.M. DunbarWilliam C. McGrew, et al.

Book Overview

How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives - the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates - offer tantalizing clues. In this volume nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behaviour of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674004604
• ISBN13: 9780674004603
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"