1st Edition

The Comparative Development of Adaptive Skills Evolutionary Implications

Edited By Eugene S. Gollin Copyright 1985
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1985, the aim of this book was to examine the development of adaptive skills in a comparative context. Comparative explorations have evolutionary implications. Thus it is inevitable that the contributors to this volume, all of whom come to the study of development with a comparative perspective, manifest concern with the relationships between ontogeny and phylogeny. In... Read more

Preface.  1. Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Causality Eugene S. Gollin  2. Development of Mammalian Sexual Behavior Celia L. Moore  3. Development of Locomotion in Vertebrates: A Comparative Perspective Anne Bekoff  4. Ontogeny of Social Recognition: An Essay on Mechanism and Metaphor in Behavioral Development Jeffrey R. Alberts  5. The Evolution of Helping Behavior – An Ontogenetic and Comparative Perspective Jerram L. Brown  6. Comparative Study of the Ontogeny of Communication W. John Smith  7. Ontogeny of Communicative Behaviors David Chiszar  8. Processes of Change and the Elaboration of Language Andrew Lock.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Eugene S. Gollin