Review of The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans: Comparative Perspectives

Document Type

Book Review

Department or Administrative Unit

Anthropology and Museum Studies

Publication Date

6-2001

Abstract

The issues surrounding cognition, culture, and complexity in ape societies can be quite interesting for a wide range of anthropologists. Chimpanzees are frequently the focus of nonhuman primate cognition studies, often because of a series of assumptions about genetic relatedness. This edited volume, however, brings the "other" apes into the discourse on cognition and complexity. This is not to say that chimpanzees are left out (they are discussed in many of the chapters), but rather, here we are provided with a comparative overview that allows for a broadening of our scope of discussion, and our dialogue will be richer for it.

Comments

This article was originally published in American Anthropologist. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

American Anthropologist

Rights

© American Anthropological Association

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