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The chimpanzees of Mahale : natural history and local culture /

"Chimpanzees are humanity's closest living relations and are of enduring interest to a range of sciences, from anthropology to zoology. In the West, many know of the pioneering work of Jane Goodall, whose studies of these apes at Gombe in Tanzania are justly famous. Less well-known, but eq...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nishida, Toshisada, 1941-2011
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword Frans de Waal; Preface; Introduction; 1. At the beginning; 2. Food and feeding behaviour; 3. Growth and development; 4. Play and exploration; 5. Communication as culture; 6. Female life histories; 7. Sexual strategies; 8. Male political strategies; 9. Culture; 10. Conservation and the future; Postscript; Acknowledgements; References; Index.