Bringing together studies of behavioral variation within and among chimpanzees and bonobos - the sibling species of the genus Pan - this book provides the basis for answering such questions. In Chimpanzee Cultures, the world's leading authorities on chimpanzees and bonobos compare the animals' behaviors from one study site to the next, and in both captive and wild groups. These distinguished contributors offer the most thorough documentation to date of the remarkable variety of behaviors in these species so tantalizingly close to our own. While demonstrating that both nature and culture play important roles in the behavior of the Pan species, this book affords often astonishing insights into the workings of the individual chimpanzee mind and of chimpanzee and bonobo social groups.
Authorities on chimpanzees and bonobos compare the animals' behaviors from one study site to the next, in captive and wild groups, and demonstrate that nature and culture play important roles in the behavior of the Pan species. Sections on ecology, social relations, and cognition discuss hunting strategies, medicinal plant use by chimpanzees in the wild, chimpanzee vocal behavior, individual differences in cognitive abilities, and the question of chimpanzee culture. Includes a foreword by Jane Goodall, plus b&w photos and drawings. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Do chimpanzees have something akin to culture? Bringing together studies of behavioral variation within and among chimpanzees and bonobos --the sibling species of the genus Pan--this book provides the basis for answering this question. In Chimpanzee Cultures, the world's leading authorities on chimpanzees and bonobos chronicle the animals' behaviors from one study site to the next, in both captive and wild groups, in laboratory and field settings.
The challenge of behavioural diversity, Richard W. Wrangham et al. Part
1 Ecology: overview - ecology, diversity and culture, Richard W. Wrangham;
tools compared - the material of culture, W.C. McGrew; party size in
chimpanzees and bonobos - a re-evaluation of theory based on two similarly
forested sites, Colin A. Chapman et al; the significance of terrestrial
herbaceous foods for bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas, Richard K. Malenky et
al; hunting strategies of Gombe and Tai chimpanzees, Christophe Boesch;
comparative locomotor behaviour of chimpanzees and bonobos - species and
habitat differences, Diane M. Doran and Kevin D. Hunt; comparative analyses
of nest-building behaviour in bonobos and chimpanzees, Barbara Fruth and
Gottfried Hohman; diversity of medicinal plant use by chimpanzees in the
wild, Michael A. Huffman and Richard W. Wrangham. Part 2 Social relations:
overview - diversity in social relations, W.C. McGrew; social role and
development of noncopulatory sexual behaviour of wild bonobos, Chie Hashimoto
and Takeshi Furuichi; grooming relationships in two species of chimpanzees,
Yasuyuki Muroyama and Yukimaru Sugiyama; reproductive success story -
variability among chimpanzees and comparisons with gorillas, Caroline E.G.
Tutin; ethological studies of chimpanzee vocal behaviour, John C. Mitani;
pacifying interventions at Arnhem Zoo and Gombe, Christopher Boehm; social
relationships of female chimpanzees - diversity between captive social
groups, Kate C. Baker and Barbara B. Smuts; chimpanzee's adaptive potential -
a comparison of social life under captive and wild conditions, Frans B.M. de
Waal. Part 3 Cognition: overview - culture and cognition, Frans B.M. de Waal;
understanding chimpanzee understanding, Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff; what
chimpanzees (might) know about the mind, Daniel J. Povinelli; the question of
chimpanzee culture, Michael Tomasello; biobehavioural roots of language - a
comparative perspective of chimpanzee, child and culture, Duane M. Rumbaugh
et al; individual differences in the cognitive abilities of chimpanzees,
Sarah T. Boysen; field experiments on use of stone tools in the wild, Tetsuro
Matsuzawa. Part 4 Afterword and postscript: afterword - review of recent
findings on Mahale chimpanzees - implications and future research directions,
Toshisada Nishida; postscript - conservation and the future of chimpanzee and
bonobo research in Africa, Jane Goodall.
