The New Chimpanzee : : A Twenty-First-Century Portrait of Our Closest Kin / / Craig Stanford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Stanford, Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.) :; 1 map, 8 graphs, 6 tables

Recent discoveries about wild chimpanzees have dramatically reshaped our understanding of these great apes and their kinship with humans. We now know that chimpanzees not only have genomes similar to our own but also plot political coups, wage wars over territory, pass on cultural traditions to younger generations, and ruthlessly strategize for resources, including sexual partners. In The New Chimpanzee, Craig Stanford challenges us to let apes guide our inquiry into what it means to be human. With wit and lucidity, Stanford explains what the past two decades of chimpanzee field research has taught us about the origins of human social behavior, the nature of aggression and communication, and the divergence of humans and apes from a common ancestor. Drawing on his extensive observations of chimpanzee behavior and social dynamics, Stanford adds to our knowledge of chimpanzees’ political intelligence, sexual power plays, violent ambition, cultural diversity, and adaptability. The New Chimpanzee portrays a complex and even more humanlike ape than the one Jane Goodall popularized more than a half century ago. It also sounds an urgent call for the protection of our nearest relatives at a moment when their survival is at risk.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Watching Chimpanzees -- 2. Fission, Fusion, and Food -- 3. Politics is War without Bloodshed -- 4. War for Peace -- 5. Sex and Reproduction -- 6. Growing Up Chimpanzee -- 7. Why Chimpanzees Hunt -- 8. Got Culture? -- 9. Blood Is Thicker -- 10. Ape into Human -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Index