Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. J. Langer, M. Killen, The Comparative Study of Mental Development. Part I: Cognitive Development.M.L. McKinney, Cognitive Evolution by Extending Brain Development: On Recapitulation, Progress, and Other Heresies. J. Langer, Phylogenetic and Ontogenetic Origins of Cognition: Classification. F.Y. Doré, S. Goulet, The Comparative Analysis of Object Knowledge. A. Whiten, Evolutionary and Developmental Origins of the Mindreading System. Part II: Social Development.A.E. Russon, R.W. Mitchell, L. Lefebvre, E. Abravanel, The Comparative Evolution of Imitation. S. Savage-Rumbaugh, Scientific Schizophrenia With Regard to the Language Act. S.T. Parker, The Evolution and Development of Self-Knowledge: Adaptations for Assessing the Nature of Self Relative to That of Conspecifics. M. Cords, M. Killen, Conflict Resolution in Human and Nonhuman Primates. Part III: Cultural Development.M. Tomasello, Social Cognition and the Evolution of Culture. P. Damerow, Prehistory and Cognitive Development. E. Turiel, Notes From the Underground: Culture, Conflict, and Subversion.

About the Author

Jonas Langer, Melanie Killen