Infant chimpanzee and human child : a classic 1935 comparative study of ape emotions and intellegence

Bibliographic Collection:

Anthropogeny

Publication Type: Book

Authors: Ladygina-Kots, N. N; Waal, F. B. M. de; Vekker, B

Year of Publication: 2002

Number of Pages: xv, 452 p

Publisher: Oxford University Press

City: Oxford ; New York

Publication Language: eng

ISBN Number: 0195135652 (alk. paper)

Keywords: Animal, Animal intelligence, Behavior, Behavioral assessment of children, Child Development, Chimpanzees, Comparative, Pan troglodytes, Psychology

Abstract:

This edition presents the first complete English translation of N.N. Ladygina-Kohts' journal chronicling her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni. The journal entries describe and compare the instincts, emotions, play, and habits of her son Rudy and Joni as each develops. First published in Moscow in 1935 as a memoir in the Darwin Museum Series, this edition has 120 photographs, 46 drawings and an introduction by Allen and Beatrix Gardner of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Nevada, as well as a Foreword and an Afterword by Lisa A. Parr, Signe Preuschoft, and Frans B. M. de Waal of the Living Links Center at Emory University.

Notes:

1890-1963N.N. Ladygina-Kohts ; edited by Frans B.M. de Waal ; translated by Boris Vekker ; introduction by Allen and Beatrix Gardnerill. ; 24 cm"The publication of this volume was sponsored by Living Links, Yerkes Regional Research Center at Emory University

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