CONTENTS
Editor's Preface = ⅶ
Part 1 : Evolutionary origins of play
1 On the origins of play / GORDON M. VURGHARDT = 5
2 Play in ungulates / JOHN A. BYERS = 43
Part 2 : The study of play in mammals
3 The (four) whys and wherefores of play In cats ; a review of functional, evolutionary, developmental and causal issues / PAUL MARTIN = 71
4 Play in rodents / GRAHAM J. HOLE ; DOROTHY F. EINON = 95
5 Social play in monkeys: theories and data / NEIL CHALMERS = 119
Part 3 : Reflections on animal and human play
6 Analysis of play behaviour ; what do we measure and when? / DIETLAND M$${＼ddot U}$$LLERSCHWARZE = 147
7 Play and behavioural flexibility / ROBERT FAGEN = 159
8 Repertoire, style and format ; notions worth borrowing from children's play / DENNIS PALMER WOLF = 175
Part 4 : The study of children's play
9 Object play, problemsolving and creativity in children / PETER K. SMITH ; TONY SIMON = 199
10 Imaginary playmates and other useful fantasies / JOHN T. PARTINGTON ; CATHERINE GRANT = 217
11 Roughandtumble in preschool and playground / ANNE P. HUMPHREYS ; PETER K. SMITH = 241
Part 5 : Varied perspectives on play and games in humans
12 Playing for keeps: an evolutionary perspective on human games / SUE TAYLOR PARKER = 271
13 Playing in anthropological perspective / DAVID F. LANCY = 295
14 The idalization of play / BRIAN SUTTONSMITH ; DIANA KELLYBYRNE = 305
Notes on contributors = 323
Index = 325
