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100 1 $aDunbar, R. I. M.$q(Robin Ian MacDonald),$d1947-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84067377
245 10 $aGrooming, gossip, and the evolution of language /$cRobin Dunbar.
260 $aCambridge, Ma :$bHarvard University Press,$c1996.
263 $a9610
300 $a230 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aApes and monkeys, humanity's closest kin, differ from other animals in the intensity of their social 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.
520 8 $aWhat 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.
520 8 $aAnthropologists 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, e-mail, or any other communication technology.
520 8 $aAs Dunbar shows, the impersonal world of cyberspace will not fulfill our primordial need for face-to-face contact.
650 0 $aHuman evolution.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062868
650 0 $aSocial evolution.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123940
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$xOrigin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074529
650 0 $aGossip$xHistory.
650 0 $aHuman behavior.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062839
650 0 $aGroup identity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057485
650 0 $aInterpersonal relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067484
852 00 $bbar$hGN281.4$i.D85 1996