圖書標籤: 人類學 心理學 進化 語言學 語言 科普 非小說類 傳播
发表于2024-11-23
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
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.
羅賓·鄧巴(Robin Dunbar),進化心理學傢,牛津大學教授,莫德林學院研究員。他的主要研究領域是「社會遺傳學」。 已經齣版的圖書包括《科學的煩惱》(TheTrouble with Science),《梳毛、八卦及語言的進化》(GROOMING GOSSIP AND the EvolutionofLanguage)和《人類的故事》(The Human Story),《你需要多少朋友》(How Many Friends does one Person Need?)。他的作品被媒體譽為「帶著最新研究和新成果的熱氣」,「強勁有力,且發人深省」。
An evolutionary explanation on the (social) origin of language. An interesting attempt to connect sociality to biological discoveries.
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評分The first half of the pages bears informative interesting descriptions and analysis of grooming behaviours among some primates, which lays..
評分An evolutionary explanation on the (social) origin of language. An interesting attempt to connect sociality to biological discoveries.
評分An evolutionary explanation on the (social) origin of language. An interesting attempt to connect sociality to biological discoveries.
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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024