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Great Apes and Human Development: A Personal History

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Tomasello,  Michael
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Tomasello, M. (2018). Great Apes and Human Development: A Personal History. Child Development Perspectives, 12(3), 189-193. doi:10.1111/cdep.12281.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0002-050B-D
Abstract
In this article, I recount my history of research with great apes. From the beginning, the idea was to com- pare apes to human children, with an eye to discovering facts relevant to describing and explaining processes of human development. The research went through three more or less distinct stages, focusin g on communication and s ocial learning, social cognition and theory of mind, and cooperation and shared intentionality. I conclude by identifying problems and prospects for comparative research in developmental psychology.