Chimpanzee cultures

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Chimpanzee cultures

edited by Richard W. Wrangham ... [et al.]

Harvard University Press in cooperation with the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1994

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A chimpanzee in one place smashes nuts to get the meat. Elsewhere his counterpart pays the same kind of nut no heed. The first chimp's mate is aggressive; the other's not at all. The first uses a certain kind of signal; the second, another. Why the difference? Are these adaptive behaviours, serving a particular need, or do chimpanzees have local traditions handed down through generations - something akin to culture? Bringing together studies of behavioural 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", authorities on chimpanzees and bonobos chronicle the animals' behaviours from one study site to the next, in both captive and wild groups, in laboratory and field settings. These contributors offer a thorough documentation of the remarkable variety of behaviours in these species so tantalizingly close to our own. While demonstrating that both nature and culture play important roles in the evolution 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. It is clear that individual chimpanzees and bonobos can, in some very real sense, understand and communicate with us in our own linguistic systems. We can struggle to fathom their systems of communication, their modes of interacting with the environment, their ways of resolving conflict, and their ability to sustain a stable relationship with the world around them. But what if, by our action or inaction they become extinct? If we are to write much more of our own story, we must launch a co-authorship with our closest primate relatives. These animals have much yet to teach us, and we have much yet to do to ensure that they survive in all their diversity.

目次

  • 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.

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