% pubman genre = article @article{item_1824839, title = {{The importance of comparative psychology for developmental science}}, author = {Liebal, Katja and Haun, Daniel B. M.}, language = {eng}, issn = {2192-001X}, doi = {10.3233/DEV-2012-11088}, publisher = {IOS Press}, year = {2012}, date = {2012}, abstract = {{The aim of this essay is to elucidate the relevance of cross-species comparisons for the investigation of human behavior and its development. The focus is on the comparison of human children and another group of primates, the non-human great apes, with special attention to their cognitive skills. Integrating a comparative and developmental perspective, we argue, can provide additional answers to central and elusive questions about human behavior in general and its development in particular: What are the heritable predispositions of the human mind? What cognitive traits are uniquely human? In this sense, Developmental Science would benefit from results of Comparative Psychology.}}, journal = {{International Journal of Developmental Science}}, volume = {6}, pages = {21--23}, }