Kevin Laland

Samyj zagadochnyj vopros istorii chelovechestva - kak v rezultate evoljutsii voznik vid, nastolko otlichajuschijsja ot vsekh ostalnykh? Velichajshie umy, vkljuchaja Darvina, ne mogli dat ischerpyvajuschee nauchnoe objasnenie, kakim obrazom nashi predki sumeli prodelat put ot obezjan, zanimavshikhsja sobiratelstvom, do sovremennogo cheloveka, sochinjajuschego simfonii, deklamirujuschego stikhi, izobretajuschego unikalnye tekhnologii. Mezhdu nashimi kognitivnymi sposobnostjami i dostizhenijami i sootvetstvujuschimi sposobnostjami prochikh vidov lezhit nepreodolimaja propast. Neuzheli zhe chelovecheskaja kultura smogla razvitsja iz sotsialnogo nauchenija i traditsij, kotorye my nabljudaem u drugikh zhivotnykh? Kak formirovalis nash razum, intellekt, jazyk? Podvodja itogi mnogoletnikh issledovanij svoej laboratorii, professor povedencheskoj i evoljutsionnoj biologii Kevin Lejland otvechaet na eti voprosy, priblizhaja nas k razgadke tajny chelovecheskogo poznanija i razuma.

In the second edition of this fascinating book an international team of experts have been brought together to explore all major areas of fish learning, including: Foraging skills Predator recognition Social organisation and learning Welfare and pain Three new chapters covering fish personality, lateralisation, and fish cognition and fish welfare, have been added to this fully revised and expanded second edition. Fish Cognition and Behavior, Second Edition contains essential information for all fish biologists and animal behaviorists and contains much new information of commercial importance for fisheries managers and aquaculture personnel. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where biological sciences, fisheries and aquaculture are studied and taught will find it an important addition to their shelves.