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Primate Societies: Group Techniques of Ecological Adaptation Hardcover - 2017
by Hans Kummer
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- Title Primate Societies: Group Techniques of Ecological Adaptation
- Author Hans Kummer
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- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2017
- ISBN 9781138530744 / 1138530743
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Hardback. New. In this book, Hans Kummer, one of the world's leading primate ethologists, examines the patterns of social interaction among primates. He examines this social behavior from the fundamentally biological viewpoint of evolutionary adaptation as part of the survival mechanisms for the species. Recognizing that all activity is constituted in part of genetic programming and in part of adaptive behavior, he explores the borderline area between the genetic and the "cultural." By use of astute observation and clever experimentation he shows that many aspects of social behavior are inherited, and differentially inherited among various primate groups. These data also show, however, that the individuals and troops learn much in primate social life and that these forms are responsive to particular ecological situations. Drawing heavily on knowledge gleaned from his own well-known studies of the Hamadryas baboon, Dr. Kummer introduces the reader to the daily life of a…
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Taylor & Francis, 2017. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.55 inches.
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