The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle /

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Author / Creator:	Zehavi, Amots.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Animal behavior. Animal communication. Animal behavior. Animal communication. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197557

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Other authors / contributors:	Zahavi, Avishag.
ISBN:	9780198026020 0198026021
Notes:	Translated from Hebrew. Originally published in 1997. Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species and even between species? What evolutionary purpose do such communications serve? Perhaps most importantly, what can animal signaling tell us about our own non-verbal forms of communication? In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Ashivag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many p.
Other form:	Print version: Zehavi, Amots. Handicap principle. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195129148 9780195129144

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