2. Dolphin Social Complexity: Lessons from Long-Term Study and Life History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. I. Life History and Brain Evolution
5. 1. Life History and Cognitive Evolution in Primates 5
6. CASE STUDY 1Α 26
7. 2. Dolphin Social Complexity: Lessons from Long-Term Study and Life History 32
8. 3. Sources of Social Complexity in the Three Elephant Species 57
9. II. Evolution of Cooperative Strategies
10. 4. Complex Cooperation among Taï Chimpanzees 93
11. CASE STUDY 4A 111
12. CASE STUDY 4B 115
13. 5. The Social Complexity of Spotted Hyenas 121
14. CASE STUDY 5A 149
15. 6. Is Social Stress a Consequence of Subordination or a Cost of Dominance? 153
16. CASE STUDY 6A 170
17. III. Social Cognition
18. 7. Equivalence Classification as an Approach to Social Knowledge: From Sea Lions to Simians 179
19. 8. The Structure of Social Knowledge in Monkeys 207
20. 9. Social Syntax: The If-Then Structure of Social Problem Solving 230
21. CASE STUDY 9A 249
22. IV. Communication
23. 10. Laughter and Smiling: The Intertwining of Nature and Culture 260
24. CASE STUDY 10A 288
25. 11. Vocal Communication in Wild Parrots 293
26. CASE STUDY 11A 317
27. 12. Social and Vocal Complexity in Bats 322
28. 13. Dolphins Communicate about Individual-Specific Social Relationships 342
29. CASE STUDY 13A 362
30. V. Cultural Transmission
31. 14. Koshima Monkeys and Bossou Chimpanzees: Long-Term Research on Culture in Nonhuman Primates 374
32. CASE STUDY 14A 388
33. 15. Individuality and Flexibility of Cultural Behavior Patterns in Chimpanzees 392
34. CASE STUDY 15A 414
35. 16. Ten Dispatches from the Chimpanzee Culture Wars 419
36. CASE STUDY 16A 440
37. 17. Society and Culture in the Deep and Open Ocean: The Sperm Whale and Other Cetaceans 444
38. CASE STUDY 17A 465
39. 18. Discovering Culture in Birds: The Role of Learning and Development 470
40. References 495
41. Acknowledgments 594
42. Contributors 601
43. Index 607