{"product_id":"baboon-metaphysics-the-evolution-of-a-social-mind-9780226102443","title":"Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind","description":"In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, \"He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.\" \u003ci\u003eBaboon Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e is Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth's fascinating response to Darwin's challenge.\u003cbr\u003e Cheney and Seyfarth set up camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta, where they could intimately observe baboons and their social world. Baboons live in groups of up to 150, including a handful of males and eight or nine matrilineal families of females. Such numbers force baboons to form a complicated mix of short-term bonds for mating and longer-term friendships based on careful calculations of status and individual need.\u003cbr\u003e But \u003ci\u003eBaboon Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned with much more than just baboons' social organization-Cheney and Seyfarth aim to fully comprehend the intelligence that underlies it. Using innovative field experiments, the authors learn that for baboons, just as for humans, family and friends hold the key to mitigating the ill effects of grief, stress, and anxiety.\u003cbr\u003e Written with a scientist's precision and a nature-lover's eye, \u003ci\u003eBaboon Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e gives us an unprecedented and compelling glimpse into the mind of another species.\u003cbr\u003e \"The vivid narrative is like a bush detective story.\"-Steven Poole, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eBaboon Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e is a distillation of a big chunk of academic lives. . . . It is exactly what such a book should be-full of imaginative experiments, meticulous scholarship, limpid literary style, and above all, truly important questions.\"-Alison Jolly, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Cheney and Seyfarth found that for a baboon to get on in life involves a complicated blend of short-term relationships, friendships, and careful status calculations. . . . Needless to say, the ensuing political machinations and convenient romantic dalliances in the quest to become \u003ci\u003enumero uno\u003c\/i\u003e rival the bard himself.\"-\u003ci\u003eScience News\u003c\/i\u003e \"Cheney and Seyfarth's enthusiasm is obvious, and their knowledge is vast and expressed with great clarity. All this makes \u003ci\u003eBaboon Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e a captivating read. It will get you thinking-and maybe spur you to travel to Africa to see it all for yourself.\"-Asif A. Ghazanfar, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Through ingenious playback experiments . . . Cheney and Seyfarth have worked out many aspects of what baboons used their minds for, along with their limitations. Reading a baboon's mind affords an excellent grasp of the dynamics of baboon society. But more than that, it bears on the evolution of the human mind and the nature of human existence.\"-Nicholas Wade, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy L. Cheney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.34w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226102443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy L. Cheney\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of biology and \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Seyfarth\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. They are the authors of \u003ci\u003eHow Monkeys See the World\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812764053619,"sku":"9780226102443","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_60337860-d0f6-4d1f-9838-7e136765ef95.jpg?v=1776777114","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/baboon-metaphysics-the-evolution-of-a-social-mind-9780226102443","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}