An account of the authors' work with teaching chimpanzees to use a symbolic language addresses questions of language, thought, intention, and understanding

The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist

Andrews argues for a pluralistic folk psychology that employs different kinds of practices and different kinds of cognitive tools (including personality trait a

In this fascinating introduction to primate minds, Gómez identifies evolutionary resemblances—and differences—between human children and other primates. He

This book investigates current field and theoretical information on great ape cognition.