Origins of Intelligence: The Evolution of Cognitive Development in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans »

Sue Taylor Parker is a professor of anthropology at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. Her works include "Language" and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes, Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans, Reaching into Thought, and Naming Our Ancestors.Michael L. McKinney is an associate professor of geological sciences at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and author of several books, including Heterochrony.

"The authors' elegant theory and comprehensive empirical synthesis of how the development of human intelligence and brain evolved opens up cascading heuristic avenues for creatively answering one of the great questions in the human history of ideas." — Human Development

Kenneth J. McNamara

A fascinating and elegantly crafted book. Seminal reading for anyone interested in how our cognitive development is inextricably linked with our evolutionary heritage. The authors argue clearly and convincingly that recapitulation is alive and well in the evolution of our brain.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN HUMAN AND NONHUMAN PRIMATES
Comparative Developmental Studies of Primate Cognition
Development of Physical Cognition in Children, Apes, and Monkeys
Development of Logical-Mathematical Cognition in Children, Apes, and Monkeys
Development of Social Cognition in Children, Apes, and Monkeys
Development of Language in Young Children and Apes
Comparing Primate Cognition across Domains: Integration or Isolation?
Cognitive Development in the Context of Life History
PART II THE EVOLUTION OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Development and Evolution: A Primer
The Evolution of Human Mental Development
Cognitive Adaptations of Apes and Humans
Comparing Adaptive Scenarios for Primate Cognition
The Evolution and Development of the Brain
Cognitive Complexity and Progress in Evolution
References
Index
AUTHOR BIO:
Sue Taylor Parker is a professor of anthropology at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. Her works include "Language" and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes, Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans, Reaching into Thought, and Naming Our Ancestors.
Michael L. McKinney is an associate professor of geological sciences at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and author of several books, including Heterochrony.