Tool Use in Animals

Cognition and Ecology

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Zoology, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Tool Use in Animals by , Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781107326712
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: March 7, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781107326712
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 7, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes. Excavations of the nut cracking sites of chimpanzees have been dated to around 4-5 thousand years ago. Tool Use in Animals collates these and many more contributions by leading scholars in psychology, biology and anthropology, along with supplementary online materials, into a comprehensive assessment of the cognitive abilities and environmental forces shaping these behaviours in taxa as distantly related as primates and corvids.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes. Excavations of the nut cracking sites of chimpanzees have been dated to around 4-5 thousand years ago. Tool Use in Animals collates these and many more contributions by leading scholars in psychology, biology and anthropology, along with supplementary online materials, into a comprehensive assessment of the cognitive abilities and environmental forces shaping these behaviours in taxa as distantly related as primates and corvids.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book German Cosmopolitan Social Thought and the Idea of the West by
Cover of the book Disturbances of the Mind by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to English Melodrama by
Cover of the book Swift and History by
Cover of the book Experimental Methods by
Cover of the book Laughing at the Gods by
Cover of the book Acts of the Apostles and the Rhetoric of Roman Imperialism by
Cover of the book Beyond Totalitarianism by
Cover of the book Executive Function and Dysfunction by
Cover of the book Agape, Justice, and Law by
Cover of the book What Should Constitutions Do? by
Cover of the book Bavarian Tourism and the Modern World, 1800–1950 by
Cover of the book Presidential Decrees in Russia by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Atheism by
Cover of the book Alternative Dispute Resolution of Shareholder Disputes in Hong Kong by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy