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- catalog abstract ""The Ape and the Sushi Master challenges our most basic assumptions about who we are and how we differ from other animals. In a delightful mix of autobiographical anecdote, rigorous research, and speculation, eminent primatologist Frans de Waal leads us to consider the possibility that apes have their own culture. We think that only we humans are culturally free and sophisticated, varying our behavior from group to group. But what if apes react to situations with behavior learned through observation of their elders (culture) rather than through pure genetic instinct (nature)? Such a scenario shakes our centuries-old convictions about what makes humans distinct. It also counters our recent tendency to look at other animals as slaves of their genetic programs: if animals learn from each other the way we do, this brings them much closer to us."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11936991.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The Ape and the Sushi Master challenges our most basic assumptions about who we are and how we differ from other animals. In a delightful mix of autobiographical anecdote, rigorous research, and speculation, eminent primatologist Frans de Waal leads us to consider the possibility that apes have their own culture. We think that only we humans are culturally free and sophisticated, varying our behavior from group to group. But what if apes react to situations with behavior learned through observation of their elders (culture) rather than through pure genetic instinct (nature)? Such a scenario shakes our centuries-old convictions about what makes humans distinct. It also counters our recent tendency to look at other animals as slaves of their genetic programs: if animals learn from each other the way we do, this brings them much closer to us."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-405) and index.".
- catalog description "Whole animal : childhood talismans and excessive fear of anthropomorphism -- Fate of gurus : when silverbacks become stumbling blocks -- Bonobos and fig leaves : primate hippies in a Puritan landscape -- Animal art : would you hang a Congo on the wall? -- Predicting Mount Fuji, and a visit to Koshima, where the monkeys salt their potatoes -- Last rubicon : can other animals have culture? -- Nutcracker Suite : reliance on culture in nature -- Cultural naturals : tea and Tibetan macaques -- Apes with self-esteem : Abraham Maslow and the taboo on power -- Survival of the kindest : of selfish genes and unselfish dogs -- Down with dualism! : two millennia of debate about human goodness.".
- catalog extent "viii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0465041752 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog subject "156 21".
- catalog subject "2001 D-568".
- catalog subject "Animal behavior.".
- catalog subject "Behavior, Animal.".
- catalog subject "Behavior.".
- catalog subject "Human behavior.".
- catalog subject "Psychology, Comparative.".
- catalog subject "QL 785 W111a 2001".
- catalog subject "QL785 .W126 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Whole animal : childhood talismans and excessive fear of anthropomorphism -- Fate of gurus : when silverbacks become stumbling blocks -- Bonobos and fig leaves : primate hippies in a Puritan landscape -- Animal art : would you hang a Congo on the wall? -- Predicting Mount Fuji, and a visit to Koshima, where the monkeys salt their potatoes -- Last rubicon : can other animals have culture? -- Nutcracker Suite : reliance on culture in nature -- Cultural naturals : tea and Tibetan macaques -- Apes with self-esteem : Abraham Maslow and the taboo on power -- Survival of the kindest : of selfish genes and unselfish dogs -- Down with dualism! : two millennia of debate about human goodness.".
- catalog title "The ape and the sushi master : cultural reflections by a primatologist / Frans de Waal.".
- catalog type "text".