The Chimpanzees Of The Tai Forest

Author : Christophe Boesch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108481558
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest written by Christophe Boesch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging account of the research and key findings on Taï chimpanzees to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this project.

Author : Christophe Boesch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198505075
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest written by Christophe Boesch and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 behavior 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 behavioral 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.

Author : W. Scott McGraw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139461591
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monkeys of the Taï Forest written by W. Scott McGraw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of data, the authors provide a multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Taï forest (Ivory Coast). Much of the book explores how the seven monkey species have adapted to hunting pressures from chimpanzees, leopards, crowned eagles and humans. Other themes covered include feeding ecology, social behaviour, positional behaviour and habitat use, vocal communication and conservation. Colour photographs of all species are provided, showing the major behavioural characteristics of each, as little is known about these West African monkeys. This scientifically important volume will be of interest to a broad audience including primatologists, functional anatomists, psychologists, and behavioural ecologists.

Author : Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431094229
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior written by Tetsuro Matsuzawa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biologists and anthropologists in Japan have played a crucial role in the development of primatology as a scientific discipline. Publication of Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior under the editorship of Tetsuro Matsuzawa reaffirms the pervasive and creative role played by the intellectual descendants of Kinji Imanishi and Junichiro Itani in the fields of behavioral ecology, psychology, and cognitive science. Matsuzawa and his colleagues-humans and other primate partners- explore a broad range of issues including the phylogeny of perception and cognition; the origin of human speech; learning and memory; recognition of self, others, and species; society and social interaction; and culture. With data from field and laboratory studies of more than 90 primate species and of more than 50 years of long-term research, the intellectual breadth represented in this volume makes it a major contribution to comparative cognitive science and to current views on the origin of the mind and behavior of humans.

Author : Christophe Boesch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139479334
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Chimpanzee written by Christophe Boesch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Chimpanzee encapsulates the fascinating behaviour of wild chimpanzees and discusses the differences observed in different populations across the species, and across the many levels of their social behaviour. It explains why sex competition and predation pressures in a forest chimpanzee population made the females of the group highly social and gave the males a high level of within-group solidarity, making them very xenophobic towards outsiders. Love is what makes war possible. Christophe Boesch brings back to the table the debate over ecological pressures and social organization, and the influence they have over issues such as the evolution of warfare, co-operation, altruism and the position of females. Written in an accessible style for a general audience as well as for undergraduate and graduate students, he presents insightful views to give readers the background information to understand the struggle for survival of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, and through this to find some keys to the ever-so-intriguing question of what makes us human.

Author : Vernon Reynolds
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0198515464
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest written by Vernon Reynolds and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes in detail the work of a large number of students and senior researchers on the wild chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest Reserve in Western Uganda. Vernon Reynolds presents a coherent and in-depth account of one chimpanzee community of more than 60 individuals, living in the Sonso area in the middle of the Budongo Forest, which he and his colleagues have studied intensively over the last 15 years. He describes their forest habitat, their diet and culture, theirsocial organisation and behaviour, their diseases, and the threats to them that derive from the actions of people in the surrounding villages. The book combines new and often unpublished studies with past publications, and also compares the Budongo chimpanzees with wild chimpanzees studied at other sitesacross Africa. The result is the most comprehensive account of the Budongo chimpanzees ever published, with a wealth of referenced material that will serve as a source of information for many years to come.

Author : Tamsin Constable
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789471536
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimpanzees written by Tamsin Constable and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2001 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christophe Boesch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521006132
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behavioural Diversity in Chimpanzees and Bonobos written by Christophe Boesch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), otherwise known as pygmy chimpanzees, are the only two species of the genus Pan. As they are our nearest relatives, there has been much research devoted to investigating the similarities and differences between them. This book offers an extensive review of the most recent observations to come from field studies on the diversity of Pan social behaviour, with contributions from many of the world's leading experts in this field. A wide range of social behaviours is discussed including tool use, hunting, reproductive strategies and conflict management as well as demographic variables and ecological constraints. In addition to interspecies behavioural diversity, this text describes exciting new research into variations between different populations of the same species. Researchers and students working in the fields of primatology, anthropology and zoology will find this a fascinating read.

Author : Adam Clark Arcadi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1107197171
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Chimpanzees written by Adam Clark Arcadi and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

Author : Michio Nakamura
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107052319
Total Pages : 797 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mahale Chimpanzees written by Michio Nakamura and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.