The evolution of social communication in primates : a multidisciplinary approach /
edited by Marco Pina, Nathalie Gontier.
- x, 326 páginas : 18 ilustraciones, 11 ilustraciones en color.
- Interdisciplinary Evolution Research, 1 2199-3068 ; .
Springer eBooks
Introduction -- PART I: Philosophical and Historical Roots of Social Communication Studies -- Lord Monboddo’s Ourang Outang and the Origin and Progress of Language -- Ferality and Morality; The Politics of the “Forbidden Experiment” in the Twentieth Century -- PART II: The Elements of Social Communication in Primates and Humans -- Experimental Conversations: Sign Language Studies with Chimpanzees -- How Primate Mothers and Infants Communicate: Characterizing Interaction in Mother-Infant Studies -- On Prototypical Facial Expressions vs. Variation in Facial Behavior: What Have We Learned on the “Visibility” of Emotions from Measuring Facial Actions in Humans and Apes -- The Evolution of Joint Attention: A Review and Critique -- Describing Mental States: From Brain Science to a Science of Mind Reading -- PART III: Evolutionary Transitions from Social Communication Systems to Language -- Bodily Mimesis and the Transition to Speech -- From Grasping to Grooming to Gossip: Innovative Use of Chimpanzee Signals in Novel Environments Supports both Vocal and Gestural Theories of Language Origins -- Reevaluating Chimpanzee Vocal Signals from the Ground Up -- PART IV: Evolutionary Origins of Human Language -- Communication and Human Uniqueness -- How did Humans Become Behaviorally Modern? Revisiting the ‘Art First’ Hypothesis -- Experiments and Simulations Can Inform Evolutionary Theories of the Cultural Evolution of Language -- The Emergence of Modern Communication in Primates: a Computational Approach -- What Can an Extended Synthesis do for Bio linguistics: On the Need and Benefits of the Eco-evo-devo Program.