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The real chimpanzee : sex strategies in the forest /
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 popu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 warfare, co-operation, altruism and the position of females. Written in an accessible style for a general audience as well as for undergraduate and graduate students, he presents insightful views to give readers the background information to understand the struggle for survival of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, and through this to find some keys to the ever-so-intriguing question of what makes us human. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 181 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511651410 0511651414 9780511593512 0511593511 9780511627132 0511627130 0511698933 9780511698934 1107188172 9781107188174 0511647336 9780511647338 1282393383 9781282393387 9786612393389 6612393386 0511592582 9780511592584 0511595441 9780511595448 |