Understanding Chimpanzees / / ed. by Paul G. Heltne, Linda A. Marquardt.

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• MitwirkendeR: A. Marquardt, Linda,; A. Sevcik, Rose,; Allen Gardner, R.,; Boehm, Christopher,; C. McGrew, William,; D. Hopkins, William,; G. Heltne, Paul,; Goodall, Jane,; H. Fouts, Deborah,; Hasegawa, Toshikazu,; Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mariko,; Isabirye-Basuta, G.,; J. White, Frances,; K. Malenky, Richard,; Kano, Takayoshi,; Kortlandt, Adriaan,; Kuroda, Suehisa,; L. Susman, Randall,; Latinen, Katherine,; M. Rumbaugh, Duane,; Matsuzawa, Tetsuro,; Nishida, Toshisada,; P. Ghiglieri, Michael,; Romski, Mary Ann,; S. Fouts, Roger,; Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue,; Sugiyama, Yukimaru,; T. Gardner, Beatrix,; Teleki, Geza,; Thompson-Handler, Nancy,; W. Menzel, Jr.,; W. Wrangham, Richard,; Β. Μ. de Waal, Frans,
• HerausgeberIn: Heltne, Paul G.,; Marquardt, Linda A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (407 p.) :; illustrations

Thanks to classic studies such as Jane Goodall's The Chimpanzees of Gombe, we know a great deal about our closest primate relative, but much remains to be discovered about these endlessly fascinating family members. Even their genus name, Pan, taken from the Greek god who represented the spirit...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• 1. CURRENT FIELDWORK: Pan troglodytes
• Gombe
• GOMBE: HIGHLIGHTS AND CURRENT RESEARCH
• CHIMPANZEE USE OF MEDICINAL LEAVES
• METHODS FOR ISOLATING CHIMPANZEE VOCAL COMMUNICATION
• THE RESEARCH AT GOMBE: ITS INFLUENCE ON HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
• Mahale Mountains
• RESEARCH AT MAHALE
• SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RESIDENT AND IMMIGRANT FEMALE CHIMPANZEES
• SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF IMMIGRANT AND RESIDENT FEMALE CHIMPANZEES AT MAHALE
• SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHIMPANZEES AT MAHALE
• Additional Sites
• FEEDING ECOLOGY OF CHIMPANZEES IN THE KIBALE FOREST, UGANDA
• RECENT RESEARCH ON CHIMPANZEES IN WEST AFRICA
• POPULATION DYNAMICS OF CHIMPANZEES AT BOSSOU, GUINEA
• THE USE OF STONE TOOLS BY WILD-LIVING CHIMPANZEES
• CHIMPANZOO
• 2 CURRENT FIELDWORK: Pan paniscus
• INTRODUCTION: THE FOURTH APE
• BEHAVIORAL CONTRASTS BETWEEN BONOBO AND CHIMPANZEE
• THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF PYGMY CHIMPANZEES
• DEVELOPMENTAL RETARDATION AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PYGMY CHIMPANZEES
• SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF PYGMY CHIMPANZEES
• 3. THE CHIMPANZEE MIND
• ARE ANIMALS INTELLIGENT? WOLFGANG KÖHLER'S APPROACH
• CROSS-FOSTERED CHIMPANZEES: I. TESTING VOCABULARY
• CROSS-FOSTERED CHIMPANZEES: II. MODULATION OF MEANING
• SIGNING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MOTHER AND INFANT CHIMPANZEES
• SPONTANEOUS PATTERN CONSTRUCTION IN A CHIMPANZEE
• SYMBOL ACQUISITION AND USE BY PAN TROGLODYTES, PAN PANISCUS, HOMO SAPIENS
• CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH ON CHIMPANZEE INTELLECT
• 4. CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION
• POPULATION STATUS OF WILD CHIMPANZEES (PAN TROGLODYTES) AND THREATS TO SURVIVAL
• DEMOGRAPHY OF CHIMPANZEES IN CAPTIVITY
• AREA STATUS REPORT: TANZANIA
• CONSERVATION STATUS OF PAN PANISCUS
• 5. EVOLUTION and EPILOGUE
• HOMINOID SOCIOBIOLOGY AND HOMINID SOCIAL EVOLUTION
• EPILOGUE: UNDERSTANDING CHIMPANZEES AND BONOBOS, UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES
• CONTRIBUTORS
• NAME INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX
• Backmatter