Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human Relationships

by Dario Maestripieri

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Most humans don't realize that when they exchange emails with someone, anyone, they are actually exhibiting certain unspoken rules about dominance and hierarchy. The same rules regulate the exchange of grooming behavior in rhesus macaques or chimpanzees. Interestingly, some of the major aspects of human nature have profound commonalities with our ape ancestors: the violence of war, the intensity of love, the need to live together. While we often assume...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:046502078X

ISBN13:9780465020782

Release Date:April 2012

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Behavioral Sciences Biology & Life Sciences Evolution Interpersonal Relations Primatology Psychology Relationships Science Science & Math Science & Scientists

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