Brian Hare

Vanessa Woods

"For most of the approximately 200,000 years that our species has existed, we shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. They were smart, they were strong, and they were inventive. Neanderthals even had the capacity for spoken language. But, one by one, our hominid relatives went extinct. Why did we thrive? In delightfully conversational prose and based on years of his own original research, Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, and his wife Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, offer a powerful, elegant new theory called "self-domestication" which suggests that we have succeeded not because we were the smartest or strongest but because we are the friendliest. This explanation flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Since Charles Darwin wrote about "evolutionary fitness," scientists have confused fitness with strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. But what helped us innovate where other primates did not is our knack for coordinating with and listening to others. We can find common cause and identity with both neighbors and strangers if we see them as "one of us." This ability makes us geniuses at cooperation and innovation and is responsible for all the glories of culture and technology in human history. But this gift for friendliness comes at cost. If we perceive that someone is not "one of us," we are capable of unplugging them from our mental network. Where there would have been empathy and compassion, there is nothing, making us both the most tolerant and the most merciless species on the planet. To counteract the rise of tribalism in all aspects of modern life, Hare and Woods argue, we need to expand our empathy and friendliness to include people who aren't obviously like ourselves. need to expand our empathy and friendliness to include people who aren't obviously like ourselves. Brian Hare's groundbreaking research was developed in close collaboration with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution. Survival of the Friendliest explains both our evolutionary success and our potential for cruelty in one stroke and sheds new light onto everything from genocide and structural inequality to art and innovation"--

Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity

Survival of the Friendliest

A Duke University anthropologist and his wife, the award-winning author of Bonobo Handshake, reveal how canine pets have significantly higher levels of intelligence than previously believed, demonstrating how domestication has rendered dogs friendlier and better able to communicate and problem-solve.

How Dogs are Smarter Than You Think

The Genius of Dogs

The New Science of Raising a Great Dog

Puppy Kindergarten

Shinya Yamamoto

This volume includes twelve novel empirical papers focusing on the behaviour and cognition of both captive and wild bonobos (Pan paniscus). Overall it demonstrates how anyone interested in understanding humans or chimpanzees must also know bonobos.

Bonobo Cognition and Behaviour

A kutyák sokkal többre képesek, mint gondolnád. Brian Hare - kutyakutató, evolúciós antropológus, a Duke Kutyagondolkodási Központ alapítója, - és Vanessa Woods könyve a kutyák intelligenciájának, legokosabb háziállataink gondolatvilágának forradalmian új megközelítését mutatja be. Az utóbbi egy évtizedben többet tudtunk meg arról, hogyan is gondolkodnak a kutyák, mint azt megelőzően egy egész évszázad alatt. A kognitív tudományok területén elért áttörő eredmények, melyekben Hare is kulcsszerepet játszott, bizonyították, hogy a kutyák az állatok között egyedülálló, sajátos zsenialitással tartanak fenn jó viszonyt az emberekkel. Brian Hare lenyűgöző felfedezést tett: amikor a kutyák valamikor 40 000 évvel ezelőtt önmagukat háziasították, sokkal hasonlóbbá váltak az embergyerekekhez, mint őseik, a farkasok. A háziasulással egészen újfajta szociális intelligencia jelent meg a kutyákban. Ez a felfedezés megváltoztat mindent, amit a kutyákról, a kutyák idomításáról gondolunk ráadásul ez a forradalom már meg is kezdődött. Hare kutatásai során számtalan fajta kutyával dolgozott menhelyen élő kölyökkutyáktól kezdve az egzotikus, új-guineai éneklő kutyákig; saját gyerekkori kutyájától, Oreótól a legdivatosabb schnauzer-pudli keverékekig. Az okos kutya korunk legfontosabb, kutyákról szóló könyve annak a tudósnak a tollából, aki a forradalmasította kutatásukat.

A kutyák sokkal többre képesek, mint gondolnád

Az okos kutya

Het is niet altijd even duidelijk wanneer honden laten zien dat ze in staat zijn om gevolgtrekkingen te maken of dat ze flexibeler zijn dan andere dieren. Maar uiteindelijk is uw intuïtieve inschatting correct: uw hond is inderdaad geniaal. Brian Hare ontdekte dat het intelligentieniveau van de hond dichter bij dat van de mens ligt dan gedacht. In de 43.000 jaar dat honden als huisdier worden gehouden, zijn ze slimmer en vriendelijker geworden.Ze werken goed samen en communiceren, waardoor ze net zo goed zijn in problemen oplossen als mensen. In De wijsheid van honden nemen Brian Hare en Vanessa Woods de lezer mee op de reis die zij maken voor hun wetenschappelijk onderzoek, van Georgië naar Rusland, naar Congo en weer terug naar de VS. Daar bestuderen zij meer dan 2000 honden: van hun eigen hond Oreo tot de meest modieuze hondenrassen van de wereld. Zij vertellen hun verhaal vol wetenschappelijke feiten met aanstekelijk enthousiasme. Enkele lezersreacties op goodreads.com: Een geweldig boek voor iedereen die wil ontdekken hoe het brein van onze trouwe viervoeter werkt. Als je een hond hebt, zal dit boek je hem beter doen begrijpen. Fascinerend! Alle hondenliefhebbers moeten dit boek lezen!

Over intelligentie en gedrag van ons meest geliefde huisdier

De wijsheid van honden

The bonobo, along with the chimpanzee, is one of our two closest living relatives. Their relatively narrow geographic range (south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo) combined with the history of political instability in the region, has made their scientific study extremely difficult. In contrast, there are dozens of wild and captive sites where research has been conducted for decades with chimpanzees. Because data sets on bonobos have been so hard to obtain and so few large-scale studies have been published, the majority of researchers have treated chimpanzee data as being representative of both species. However, this misconception is now rapidly changing. With relative stability in the DRC for over a decade and a growing community of bonobos living in zoos and sanctuaries internationally, there has been an explosion of scientific interest in the bonobo with dozens of high impact publications focusing on this fascinating species. This research has revealed exactly how unique bonobos are in their brains and behavior, and reminds us why it is so important that we redouble our efforts to protect the few remaining wild populations of this iconic and highly endangered great ape species.

Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Bonobos

Along with the chimpanzee, the bonobo is one of our two closest living relatives. Their relatively narrow geographic range (south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo) combined with the political instability of that region, has made their scientific study extremely difficult. In contrast, there are dozens of wild and captive sites where research has been conducted for decades with chimpanzees. Because data on bonobos has been so hard to obtain and so few high-quality publications have existed, the majority of researchers have treated chimpanzee data as being representative of both species. However, this misconception is now rapidly changing. With the end of the major conflict in the DRC and a growing community of bonobos living in zoos and sanctuaries, there has been an explosion of scientific interest in the bonobo with dozens of high impact publications focusing on this fascinating species. This research has revealed exactly how unique bonobos are in their brains and behavior, and reminds us why it is so important that we redouble our efforts to protect the few remaining wild populations of this iconic and highly endangered great ape species.

The international bestseller that reveals the amazing mind of your favourite friend Is your dog purposefully disobeying you? Probably, and usually behind your back. Should you act like ‘top dog’ to maintain control? No, you’re better off displaying your friendliness – and not just to your dog. Which breed is the cleverest? That’s the wrong question to ask. These are just some of the extraordinary insights to be found in The Genius of Dogs – the seminal book on how dogs evolved their unique intelligence by award-winning scientist Dr Brian Hare. He shares more than two decades of startling discoveries about the mysteries of the dog mind and how you can use his groundbreaking work to build a better relationship with your own dog.

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