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"Combining careful scientific observation with a store of entertaining anecodotes, this is a lively and readable book. It also succeeds in shedding light on some of the central questions around the evolutionary relationship between primates, and in particular the affinity between chimpanzees and humans"R
' - Human Evolution
- '"As natural history with an agenda, it doesn't get any better than this"
' - Ethology
- '"a truly remarkable book"
' - British Journal of Psychology
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| Description | | - * A fascinating analysis of chimpanzee behaviour, based on an incredible 15-year long study
- * Sheds light on some of the central questions in human evolution
- * Combines rigorous scientific observation and analysis with entertaining, first-hand experiences
- * Will have interdisciplinary appeal, to anthropologists, behaviour ecologists, primatologists and anyone interested in human evolution
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The chimpanzees are the closest living evolutionary relatives to our own species, Homo sapiens
. As such, they have long exerted a fascination over those with an interest in human evolution, and what makes humans unique. Chrisophe Boesch and Hedwige Boesch-Acherman undertook an incredible observational study of a group of wild chimpanzees of the Tai forest in Cote D'Ivoire, spending some
fifteen years in the West African jungle with them. This fascinating book is the result of these years of painstaking research among the chimps. Chimpanzee behaviour is documented here in all its impressive diversity and variety. Aggression, territoriality, social structure and relationships, reproductive strategies, hunting, tool use - each of these is given its own chapter, along with topics
such as chimp intelligence, life histories, and demography. The authors take care to place their observations within the broader context of research in behavioural ecology, and to compare and contrast their findings with other important work on chimpanzee groups, such as that by Jane Goodall. The book concludes with a summary chapter relating the chimpanzee findings to our understanding of human
evolution. Combining careful scientific observation with a store of entertaining anecdotes, this is a lively and readable book. It also succeeds in shedding light on some of the central questions around the evolutionary relationships between the primates, and in particular the affinity between chimpanzees and humans. 'This is a major contribution to the study of the great apes, and a significant
addition to debates about human/ape evolution. It has all the makings of a classic monograph.'
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Readership: Researchers and graduate students in the fields of animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, primatology, and biological anthropology.
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About chimpanzees, forest and humans
Demography of the Tai chimpanzee community
Female life histories
Reproductive strategies of male chimpanzees
Social structure of the Tai chimpanzees
Social relationships within the community
Inter-group aggressions and territoriality in Tai chimpanzees
Hunting behaviour in wild chimpanzees
Tool use in wild chimpanzees
Intelligence in wild chimpanzees
Chimpanzee and human evolution
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| Authors, editors,
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Christophe Boesch, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig and
Hedwige Boesch-Achermann
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