Animal Play (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521583831)

Why do animals play? Play has been described in animals as diverse as reptiles, birds and mammals, so what benefits does it provide and how did it evolve? Careful, quantitative studies of social, locomotor and object play behavior are now beginning to answer these questions and shed light on many other aspects of both animal and human behavior. This unique interdisciplinary volume brings together the major findings about play in a wide range of species including humans. Topics about play include the evolutionary history of play, play structure, function and development, and sex and individual differences. Animal Play is destined to become the benchmark volume in this subject for many years to come, and will provide a source of inspiration and understanding for students and researchers in behavioral biology, neurobiology, psychology and anthropology.

Author: Marc Bekoff
ISBN-10: 0521583837
ISBN-13: 9780521583831
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/04/1998
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.17w x 0.94d