Chimpanzee Cultures

by Wrangham, Richard W.; McGrew, W. C.; Waal, Frans De; Heltne, Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780674116634
• ISBN10: 0674116631
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

Do chimpanzees have something akin to culture? Bringing together studies of behavioral variation within and among chimpanzees and bonobos --the sibling species of the genus Pan--this book provides the basis for answering this question. In Chimpanzee Cultures, the world's leading authorities on chimpanzees and bonobos chronicle the animals' behaviors from one study site to the next, in both captive and wild groups, in laboratory and field settings.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Study Sites in Africa

The Challenge of Behavioral Diversity

Ecology Overview--Ecology, Diversity, and Culture

Tools Compared: The Material of Culture

Party Size in Chimpanzees and Bonobos: A Reevaluation of Theory Based on Two Similarly Forested Sites

The Significance of Terrestrial Herbaceous Foods for Bonobos, Chimpanzees, and Gorillas

Hunting Strategies of Gombe and Taiuml; Chimpanzees Christophe Boesch Comparative Locomotor Behavior of Chimpanzees and Bonobos: Species and Habitat Differences

Comparative Analyses of Nest-Building Behavior in Bonobos and Chimpanzees Barbara Fruth and Gossfried Hohman Diversity of Medicinal Plant Use by Chimpanzees in the Wild

Social Relations Overview--Diversity in Social Relations

Social Role and Development of Noncopulatory Sexual Behavior of Wild Bonobos

Grooming Relationships in Two Species of Chimpanzees Yasuyuki Muroyama and Yukimaru Sugiyama Reproductive Sucess Story: Variability Among Chimpanzees and Comparisons with Gorillas

Ethological Studies of Chimpanzee Vocal Behavior

Pacifying Interventions at Arnhem Zoo and Gombe Christopher Boehm Social Relationships of Female Chimpanzees: Diversity Between Captive Social Groups Kate

Chimpanzee's Adaptive Potential: A Comparison of Social Life Under Captive and Wild Conditions

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