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This edition of the groundbreaking collection of 1967 includes a new introduction by Darryl Bruce (psychology, Saint Mary's U., Halifax). Contributors are all trained in the Lorenz/Tingergen school of zoological study of animal behavior, including Morris, who gives a brief review, and Jane Van Lawick-Goodall, who offers a study in mother-offspring relationships in free-ranging chimpanzees. Other topics include facial displays of catarrhine monkeys and apes, socio-sexual signals, allogrooming, variability in social organization, comparative aspects of communication, the effects of social companions on mother-infant relationships, and an ethological study of some aspects of social behavior of children in nursery school. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)