Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

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罗宾·邓巴(Robin Dunbar),进化心理学家,牛津大学教授,莫德林学院研究员。他的主要研究领域是「社会遗传学」。 已经出版的图书包括《科学的烦恼》(TheTrouble with Science),《梳毛、八卦及语言的进化》(GROOMING GOSSIP AND the EvolutionofLanguage)和《人类的故事》(The Human Story),《你需要多少朋友》(How Many Friends does one Person Need?)。他的作品被媒体誉为「带着最新研究和新成果的热气」,「强劲有力,且发人深省」。

出版者:Harvard University Press
作者:Prof. Robin Dunbar
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页数:242
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出版时间:1998-10-1
价格:USD 31.50
装帧:Paperback
isbn号码:9780674363366
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图书标签:
  • 人类学 
  • 心理学 
  • 进化 
  • 语言学 
  • 语言 
  • 科普 
  • 非小说类 
  • 传播 
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What a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an instrument of social order and cohesion--much like the endless grooming with which our primate cousins tend to their social relationships. Apes and monkeys, humanity's closest kin, differ from other animals in the intensity of these relationships. All their grooming is not so much about hygiene as it is about cementing bonds, making friends, and influencing fellow primates. But for early humans, grooming as a way to social success posed a problem: given their large social groups of 150 or so, our earliest ancestors would have had to spend almost half their time grooming one another--an impossible burden. What Dunbar suggests--and his research, whether in the realm of primatology or in that of gossip, confirms--is that humans developed language to serve the same purpose, but far more efficiently. It seems there is nothing idle about chatter, which holds together a diverse, dynamic group--whether of hunter-gatherers, soldiers, or workmates. Anthropologists have long assumed that language developed in relationships among males during activities such as hunting. Dunbar's original and extremely interesting studies suggest otherwise: that language in fact evolved in response to our need to keep up to date with friends and family. We needed conversation to stay in touch, and we still need it in ways that will not be satisfied by teleconferencing, email, or any other communication technology. As Dunbar shows, the impersonal world of cyberspace will not fulfill our primordial need for face-to-face contact. From the nit-picking of chimpanzees to our chats at coffee break, from neuroscience to paleoanthropology, "Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language" offers a provocative view of what makes us human, what holds us together, and what sets us apart.

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去年读过的一本小书,记了些随想在日记里,今日翻出来一看,不如记在豆瓣,可以随时温习。如下: 1、015页,作者罗宾邓巴追溯人类的远古祖先,是母女们手接着手,一代接一代连接在一起,长度不超过300英里,就能溯回到人类的祖先“夏娃”。 为什么是母女们手拉着手站在一起,在...  

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罗宾·邓巴教授生于1947年,进化心理学家,牛津大学教授,莫德林学院研究员。他的主要研究领域是「社会遗传学」。他的作品被媒体誉为「带着最新研究和新成果的热气」,「强劲有力,且发人深省」。 邓巴教授的代表作《梳毛、八卦及语言的进化》最早出版于1996年,曾被畅销书作家...  

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“别说话吻我”是现在许多情侣们解决情感矛盾的一种方式,两个人暂停语言上的争执,将激烈的情绪转化为身体上的亲密互动,进而达到和解甚至产生快感,在我们普通人眼里这也还算正常,而在人类学家罗宾·邓巴的眼中,抛弃语言直接身体互动是回归古老的仪式,就是与我们灵长类祖...  

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罗宾·邓巴教授生于1947年,进化心理学家,牛津大学教授,莫德林学院研究员。他的主要研究领域是「社会遗传学」。他的作品被媒体誉为「带着最新研究和新成果的热气」,「强劲有力,且发人深省」。 邓巴教授的代表作《梳毛、八卦及语言的进化》最早出版于1996年,曾被畅销书作家...  

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曾经有一个论断:一个人如果情商低,本质上是智商不行,因为大脑计算能力不足,无法周全考虑各种因素。 这个说法考虑了一个人作为一种系统,但没有考虑到一个人作为一种策略。 作为历史上情商低的标杆人物乔布斯,曾经多次分享他的用人策略:对于真正的A级选手,无须照顾他们的...  

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九十年代的书,主要还是从生物进化论角度探讨语言的起源,涉及一些大脑神经学和古生物学当年的初步探索。观察研究各种猿类和猴子的部分是精华,较有参考价值

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从梳毛到八卦,从身体到内心。多巴胺的进化也是神奇。人这种东西把无中生有发展到了极致。

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从梳毛到八卦,从身体到内心。多巴胺的进化也是神奇。人这种东西把无中生有发展到了极致。

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脑子放烟花

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The first half of the pages bears informative interesting descriptions and analysis of grooming behaviours among some primates, which lays..

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