Prologue
Part One: Social Behavior
Primate Diversity
Barbary Macaques: Model Monkeys
Primate Social Systems
Social Organization
Mating Systems
Social Relationships
Chacma Baboons: Into the Wild
Baboon Camp
Long-Term Studies
Aggression
Guinea Baboons: Uncharted Territories
An Expedition to Senegal
Simenti
First Findings
The Evolution of Baboons
Challenges of the Third Kind
Part Two: Cognition
What Do Animals Think?
Trophy Hunters and Killjoys
The Social Brain
Physical Cognition
The Basics
Quantities
Space
Time
Social Intelligence
Do Animals Have Culture?
Forms of Social Learning
Gaze Following
Social Knowledge
Theory of Mind
Intentions
Seeing and Knowing
Belief
Metacognition
The Evolution of Intelligence
Part Three: Communication
What Is Communication?
Senders and Receivers
Information
Signals and Cues
The Function of Monkey Sounds
Communication in Conflicts
Mating Calls
Group Coordination
The Evolution of Language: Beginnings
Early Theories
A Pioneer
Elements of Linguistic Competence
Ape Language Projects
Language Training for Apes
Symbolic Languages
Natural Communication in Apes
Alarm Calls
The Development of Vocalization
Dialects
Development of Reactions
Perception of Gradual Differences
Word Learning in a Domestic Dog
The Evolution of Language: State of the Art
Syntactic Abilities
Is There a Gene for Language?
Gestural Communication
Intentional Communication
Just for the Fun of It
The Evolution of Communication
Conclusion and Prospects
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index