Author : John Tyler Bonner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691186986
The Evolution of Culture in Animals by John Tyler Bonner Pdf
Animals do have culture, maintains this delightfully illustrated and provocative book, which cites a number of fascinating instances of animal communication and learning. John Bonner traces the origins of culture back to the early biological evolution of animals and provides examples of five categories of behavior leading to nonhuman culture: physical dexterity, relations with other species, auditory communication within a species, geographic locations, and inventions or innovations. Defining culture as the transmission of information by behavioral rather than genetical means, he demonstrates the continuum between the traits we find in animals and those we often consider uniquely human.