Intelligence in ape and man

Seeing actions as hierarchically organized structures: Great ape manual skills

The word “imitation” has seen its meaning change many times over the years, a process that has narrowed down its scope onto an ever-decreasing range of referents. Most of these ...

The Genesis of Animal Play

In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution,...

Toward an experimental ecology of human development.

A broader approach to research in hu- j man development is proposed that focuses on the pro- gressive accommodation, throughout the life span, between the growing human organis...

Intelligence in ape and man

Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man

Just over one hundred and thirty years ago Charles Darwin, in The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), developed remarkably accurate conclusions about man's a...