PDF-(BOOS)-Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind

In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke Baboon Metaphysics is Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarths fascinating response to Darwins challenge           Cheney and Seyfarth set up camp in Botswanas 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 shortterm bonds for mating and longerterm friendships based on careful calculations of status and individual need           But Baboon Metaphysics is concerned with much more than just baboons social organizationCheney 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           Written with a scientists precision and a naturelovers eye Baboon Metaphysics gives us an unprecedented and compelling glimpse into the mind of another species  The vivid narrative is like a bush detective storySteven Poole Guardian Baboon Metaphysics is a distillation of a big chunk of academic lives It is exactly what such a book should befull of imaginative experiments meticulous scholarship limpid literary style and above all truly important questionsAlison Jolly Science Cheney and Seyfarth found that for a baboon to get on in life involves a complicated blend of shortterm relationships friendships and careful status calculations Needless to say the ensuing political machinations and convenient romantic dalliances in the quest to become numero uno rival the bard himselfScience News Cheney and Seyfarths enthusiasm is obvious and their knowledge is vast and expressed with great clarity All this makes Baboon Metaphysics a captivating read It will get you thinkingand maybe spur you to travel to Africa to see it all for yourselfAsif A Ghazanfar Nature 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 baboons 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 existenceNicholas Wade New York Times. 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