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This is a groundbreaking work in the field of ethology- the zoological study of animal behaviorwhich was rapidly gaining ground in the 1960s when this collection was first published. These specially commissioned papers bought together studies of monkeys and apes from both the laboratory and the field. All of the contributors had been trained in the Lorenz/Tinbergen school and included Jane Goodall, R. Hinde and Y. Spencer-Booth, M. Moynihan, T.E. Rowell, Caroline Loizos, John Sparks, Wolfgang Wickler, and J. van Hooff. Many broad aspects of primate life, including facial expressions, sexual signals, grooming, play, social organization and parental care, are covered by the contributors and provided a whole new approach to primate behavior.
As Morris points out in his introduction: "Most primate research behavior workers have, in fact, been drawn from the worlds of psychology and anthropology, and too little attention has been paid to detailed observation and motor pattern description." From 1956 he became seriously involved in the making of films and television programs about animal behavior and began studying the artistic abilities of apes. This was followed by the authorship of a number of natural history books and by the hosting of a popular TV program Zootime over several years. In 1959 he was appointed curator of mammals at the London Zoo. Between 1959 and 1967 he was responsible for the authorship of many natural history books, sometimes in co-authorship with his wife.
Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Zoo was born in Wiltshire, England in 1928. In 1951 he graduated from the University of Birmingham with first class honors and moved to Oxford to pursue doctoral studies in animal behavior under the tutorship of Dr. Niko Tinbergen. In 1973 Desmond Morris returned to Oxford as a research fellow at Wolfson College. In this role he worked with Tinbergen's research group in the Department of Zoology and would continue to research human action-patterns. Over the ensuing years he has maintained his many interests in animal behavior research, the arts, and in making television programs and films. The more significant publications in these more recent years include Manwatching, a Field-Guide to Human Behaviour (1977), The Human Animal (1994) and Peoplewatching (2002). Darryl Bruce is professor in the Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax.
Industry Reviews
-This disparate series of chapters covers a number of topics of value to sociologists who are concerned with non-verbal communication: facial and sexual displays, social relations and social organization of monkeys and apes, and an analysis of the social behaviour of nursery school children.-
--V. Reynolds, The British Journal of Sociology
-The work is of the careful and high quality characteristic of modern ethology.-
--George Bateson, American Anthropologist
-The profusely documented and elaborately illustrated Primate Ethology is a very rewarding book... Excellent illustrations and commendably accurate documentation make this book one which all scientists can safely take home in the knowledge that, after providing stimulating reading, it will remain for reference on their shelves.-
--M. R. A. Chance, Man
-The book contains some important original data... a number of... thoughtful revies and comparative articles by Van Hoof, ... Wickler, ... Sparks, ... and Loizos, ... and one new direction--an ethological study of nursery school children. There is a characteristic emphasis throughout on the detailed description of communicative motor patterns, an emphasis which renders the book particularly valuable to the specialist.-
--Nicholas S. Thompson, The Quarterly Review of Biology
-This book will be useful to primate behaviorists.-
--Charles H. Southwick, Science
-This exciting books shows ethology solidifying its correlations between patterned acts and the social and individual meaning of this behavior with careful avoidance of anthropomorphic interpretation.-
--J. Lawrence Angel, Human Biology
"This disparate series of chapters covers a number of topics of value to sociologists who are concerned with non-verbal communication: facial and sexual displays, social relations and social organization of monkeys and apes, and an analysis of the social behaviour of nursery school children."
--V. Reynolds, The British Journal of Sociology
"The work is of the careful and high quality characteristic of modern ethology."
--George Bateson, American Anthropologist
"The profusely documented and elaborately illustrated Primate Ethology is a very rewarding book... Excellent illustrations and commendably accurate documentation make this book one which all scientists can safely take home in the knowledge that, after providing stimulating reading, it will remain for reference on their shelves."
--M. R. A. Chance, Man
"The book contains some important original data... a number of... thoughtful revies and comparative articles by Van Hoof, ... Wickler, ... Sparks, ... and Loizos, ... and one new direction--an ethological study of nursery school children. There is a characteristic emphasis throughout on the detailed description of communicative motor patterns, an emphasis which renders the book particularly valuable to the specialist."
--Nicholas S. Thompson, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"This book will be useful to primate behaviorists."
--Charles H. Southwick, Science
"This exciting books shows ethology solidifying its correlations between patterned acts and the social and individual meaning of this behavior with careful avoidance of anthropomorphic interpretation."
--J. Lawrence Angel, Human Biology
"This disparate series of chapters covers a number of topics of value to sociologists who are concerned with non-verbal communication: facial and sexual displays, social relations and social organization of monkeys and apes, and an analysis of the social behaviour of nursery school children."
--V. Reynolds, The British Journal of Sociology
"The work is of the careful and high quality characteristic of modern ethology."
--George Bateson, American Anthropologist
"The profusely documented and elaborately illustrated Primate Ethology is a very rewarding book... Excellent illustrations and commendably accurate documentation make this book one which all scientists can safely take home in the knowledge that, after providing stimulating reading, it will remain for reference on their shelves."
--M. R. A. Chance, Man
"The book contains some important original data... a number of... thoughtful revies and comparative articles by Van Hoof, ... Wickler, ... Sparks, ... and Loizos, ... and one new direction--an ethological study of nursery school children. There is a characteristic emphasis throughout on the detailed description of communicative motor patterns, an emphasis which renders the book particularly valuable to the specialist."
--Nicholas S. Thompson, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"This book will be useful to primate behaviorists."
--Charles H. Southwick, Science
"This exciting books shows ethology solidifying its correlations between patterned acts and the social and individual meaning of this behavior with careful avoidance of anthropomorphic interpretation."
--J. Lawrence Angel, Human Biology
"This disparate series of chapters covers a number of topics of value to sociologists who are concerned with non-verbal communication: facial and sexual displays, social relations and social organization of monkeys and apes, and an analysis of the social behaviour of nursery school children."
--V. Reynolds, The British Journal of Sociology
"This book contains ten previously unpublished essays on a variety of aspects of primate behavior... The work is of the careful and high quality characteristic of modern ethology."
--George Bateson, American Anthropologist
"The profusely documented and elaborately illustrated Primate Ethology is a very rewarding book... Excellent illustrations and commendably accurate documentation make this book one which all scientists can safely take home in the knowledge that, after providing stimulating reading, it will remain for reference on their shelves."
--M. R. A. Chance, Man
"The book contains some important original data... a number of... thoughtful revies and comparative articles by Van Hoof, ... Wickler, ... Sparks, ... and Loizos, ... and one new direction--an ethological study of nursery school children. There is a characteristic emphasis throughout on the detailed description of communicative motor patterns, an emphasis which renders the book particularly valuable to the specialist."
--Nicholas S. Thompson, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"This book will be useful to primate behaviorists."
--Charles H. Southwick, Science
ISBN: 9780202308265
ISBN-10: 020230826X
Published: 9th January 2005
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 420
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: ALDINE PUB
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.05 x 20.68 x 2.29
Weight (kg): 0.57
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