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I would recommend this book unreservedly. It was well written, easy to follow and provided a very clear yet provocative discussion into the evolution of insight. - Australasian Psychiatry

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Richard Byrne studies the evolution of cognitive and social behaviour, particularly the origins of distinctively human characteristics. Current projects focus on the gestural communication of the great apes, and on the social cognition of the African elephant. Previous work has included tactical deception in primates and its relationship to brain size and intelligence, welfare-related studies of cognition in the domestic pig, and the analysis of social learning and imitation. "" Professor Byrne was awarded the British Psychology Society Book Award 1997 for his O.U.P. monograph ""The Thinking Ape

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