文档介绍：The Evolution of Thought
Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence
Research on the evolution of higher intelligence -
bines data from fields as diverse as paleontology and psychol-
ogy. In this volume we seek to do just that, synthesizing the
approaches of hominoid cognition, psychology, language stud-
ies, ecology,evolution, paleoecology,and systematics towards an
understanding of great ape intelligence. Leading scholars from
all these fields have been asked to evaluate the manner in which
each of their topics of research informs our understanding of
the evolution of intelligence in great apes and humans. The
ideas thus assembled represent the prehensive survey
to date of the various causes and consequences of cognitive evo-
lution in great apes. The Evolution of Thought will therefore be
an essential reference for graduate students and researchers in
evolutionary psychology, paleoanthropology, and primatology.
A E. R is a professor of psychology at Glendon
College of York University in Toronto. Since 1989 she has
been studying intelligence and learning in ex-captive orangutans
released to free forest life in central and eastern Indonesian
Borneo.
D R. B is a professor of anthropology at the Univer-
sity of Toronto. He is a leading researcher in Miocene hominoid
paleobiology. His current research interests center on the bio-
geography of great ape and human origins and the relations
between Miocene hominoids and the earliest humans.
The Evolution of Thought
Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence
Edited by
Anne E. Russon
Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Toronto
David R. Begun
Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto
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