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The Real Chimpanzee: Sex Strategies in the Forest
Christophe Boesch
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Description for The Real Chimpanzee: Sex Strategies in the Forest
paperback. Encapsulates the behaviour of wild chimps, discussing the differences observed in populations across the species, and levels of social behaviour. Num Pages: 196 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350. Sex Strategies in the Forest. 196 pages, 17 b/w illus. Encapsulates the behaviour of wild chimps, discussing the differences observed in populations across the species, and levels of social behaviour. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW79. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight: 350.
The Real Chimpanzee encapsulates the fascinating behaviour of wild chimpanzees and discusses the differences observed in different populations across the species, and across the many levels of their social behaviour. It explains why sex competition and predation pressures in a forest chimpanzee population made the females of the group highly social and gave the males a high level of within-group solidarity, making them very xenophobic towards outsiders. Love is what makes war possible. Christophe Boesch brings back to the table the debate over ecological pressures and social organization, and the influence they have over issues such as the evolution of ... Read more
The Real Chimpanzee encapsulates the fascinating behaviour of wild chimpanzees and discusses the differences observed in different populations across the species, and across the many levels of their social behaviour. It explains why sex competition and predation pressures in a forest chimpanzee population made the females of the group highly social and gave the males a high level of within-group solidarity, making them very xenophobic towards outsiders. Love is what makes war possible. Christophe Boesch brings back to the table the debate over ecological pressures and social organization, and the influence they have over issues such as the evolution of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521125130
SKU
V9780521125130
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About Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch is Professor and Director of the Department of Primatology at the Max-Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany.
Reviews for The Real Chimpanzee: Sex Strategies in the Forest
'… an entertaining and personal ethnography …' Primates