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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  • 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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先来讲一个很有意思的人。 澳大利亚的一位很萌的畅销叔——不对,是畅销书——作家,叫布拉德里·特雷弗·格里夫(Bradley Trevor Greive)。嗯,国内引进过[他的书],很热销。 从twitter主页就可以看出,这位「叔」是位典型的老顽童。开账号没多久,twitter粉丝不多,不过从他...  

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文|轻禅   最初看到“梳毛”一词,是好奇,首先是有毛的动物才可以梳毛,这跟语言进化究竟有什么关系?这个问题一直萦绕在我脑中,直到看了《梳毛、八卦及语言的进化》一书,我才明白过来,其实对于动物而言,梳毛并非只是梳毛那么简单,它所代表的含义的确丰富。   先来...  

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先来讲一个很有意思的人。 澳大利亚的一位很萌的畅销叔——不对,是畅销书——作家,叫布拉德里·特雷弗·格里夫(Bradley Trevor Greive)。嗯,国内引进过[他的书],很热销。 从twitter主页就可以看出,这位「叔」是位典型的老顽童。开账号没多久,twitter粉丝不多,不过从他...  

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看完之后觉得很受用。 主题思想很清晰,说的是猴子们靠梳毛挠痒痒来「社交」——建立有归属感的联盟,以确保更好地获取食物,确保联盟里的个体不受外来的侵袭和骚扰。 梳毛为什么能建立联盟呢? 梳毛可以刺激内啡肽的分泌,刺激内源性鸦片物质,让猴子欲死欲仙。愿意定期花...  

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文|轻禅   最初看到“梳毛”一词,是好奇,首先是有毛的动物才可以梳毛,这跟语言进化究竟有什么关系?这个问题一直萦绕在我脑中,直到看了《梳毛、八卦及语言的进化》一书,我才明白过来,其实对于动物而言,梳毛并非只是梳毛那么简单,它所代表的含义的确丰富。   先来...  

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An evolutionary explanation on the (social) origin of language. An interesting attempt to connect sociality to biological discoveries.

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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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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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