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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Discoloration on covers from labels removed, labels on last page, ink stamp on title page, no other markings found. Text, photographs, illustrations, graphs fine. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
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Nicholas Humphrey's essay "The social function of intellect," from which this quote is taken, sparked the "Machiavellian intelligence" hypothesis, which proposes that sophisticated animal intelligence evolved as selection favored those animals that effectively exploited social complexity (Byrne and Whiten 1988).
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Famed in story as "the great leviathans," sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes. Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males can reach a length of sixty-two feet and can weigh upwards of fifty tons.
With this book, Hal Whitehead gives us a clearer picture of the ecology and social life of sperm whales than we have ever had before. Based on almost two decades of field research, Whitehead describes their biology, behavior, and habitat; how they organize their societies; and how their complex lifestyles may have evolved in this unique environment. Among the many fascinating topics he explores is the crucial role that culture plays in the life of the sperm whale, and he traces the consequences of this argument for both evolution and conservation. Finally, drawing on these findings, Whitehead builds a general model of how the ocean environment influences social behavior and cultural evolution among mammals as well as other animals. The definitive portrait of a provocative creature, Sperm Whales will interest animal behaviorists, conservationists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists as well as marine mammalogists.Detalles
- Título Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean
- Autor Hal Whitehead
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition; F
- Páginas 456
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of Chicago Press, Chicago And London
- Fecha de publicación August 1, 2003
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780226895178 / 0226895173
- Peso 1.84 libras (0.83 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.4 x 6.26 x 1.36 pulgadas (23.88 x 15.90 x 3.45 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sperm whale
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2002155088
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.547
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Sperm Whales, Social Evolution in the Ocean
de Whitehead, Hal
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- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Good+
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226895178 / 0226895173
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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