Chimpanzee Politics : Power and Sex among Apes
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The great apes, like humans, can recognize themselves in mirrors. They communicate by sound and gesture, form bands along what can only be called political lines, and sometimes engage in what is very clearly organized warfare. (Less frequently, too, they practice cannibalism.) In Chimpanzee Politics Frans de Waal, a longtime student of simian behavior, analyzes the behavior of a captive tribe of chimpanzees, comparing its actions with those of ape societies in the wild. What he finds is often not pleasant: chimps seem capable of astonishing deviousness and savagery, which has obvious implications for the behavior their human cousins sometimes exhibit.
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"Fascinating to read." -- Amelie Koehler, Ethology
"When I first read this book, I was in Dar es Salaam with Jane Goodall. I had just returned from observing chimpanzees for two weeks at Gombe. After the real life experience, I expected a book about chimpanzee behavior -- and at a zoo, at that -- to make rather dull reading. But I was in for a surprise. De Waal's Chimpanzee Politics is as much fun as a tree full of wild chimps." -- Adrienne Zihlman, American Journal of Primatology
Chimpanzee Politics : Power and Sex among Apes
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes,Frans de Waal,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801863368,Anthropology - Cultural,Apes & Monkeys,General,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology,Nature,Science,Science/Mathematics,Animal behaviour,Architecture / Landscape,Primates
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