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Chimpanzees and human evolution /

Although chimpanzees and other primates are frequently used as models to reconstruct the behavior of extinct human ancestors, this is rarely done in a consistent or methodologically rigorous fashion. This volume brings together leading scholars to explore how knowledge about chimpanzees can be used...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Muller, Martin N., 1971- (Editor ), Wrangham, Richard W., 1948- (Editor ), Pilbeam, David R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Was the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans chimpanzee-like?
  • Introduction: chimpanzees and human evolution / Martin N. Muller
  • Reconstructing the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans / David R. Pilbeam and Daniel E. Lieberman
  • Equal, similar, but different: convergent bonobos and conserved chimpanzees / Brian Hare and Richard W. Wrangham
  • Chimpanzees and the evolution of human uniqueness
  • Introduction: chimpanzees and human uniqueness / Martin N. Muller
  • Mortality, senescence, and lifespan / Michael D. Gurven and Cristina M. Gomes
  • Fertility and fecundity / Melissa Emery Thompson and Peter T. Ellison
  • Locomotor ecology and evolution in chimpanzees and humans / Herman Pontzer
  • Evolution of the human dietary niche: initial transitions / Sherry V. Nelson and Marian I. Hamilton
  • Evolution of the human dietary niche: quest for high quality / Rachel N. Carmody
  • From pan to man the hunter: hunting and meat sharing by chimpanzees, humans, and our common ancestor / Brian M. Wood and Ian C. Gilby
  • The evolution of the human mating system / Martin N. Muller and David R. Pilbeam
  • From chimpanzee society to human society: bridging the kinship gap / Bernard Chapais
  • Violent cousins: chimpanzees, humans, and the roots of war / Michael l. Wilson and Luke Glowacki
  • Cooperative and competitive relationships within sexes / Richard W. Wrangham and Joyce Benenson
  • Cooperation between the sexes / Adrian V. Jaeggi, Paul l. Hooper, Ann E. Caldwell Hooper, Michael D. Gurven, Jane B. Lancaster and Hillard S. Kaplan
  • Sexual coercion in chimpanzees and humans / Martin N. Muller
  • Tool use and manufacture in the last common ancestor of pan and homo / Campbell Rolian and Susana Carvalho
  • Cultural evolution in chimpanzees and humans / Joseph Henrich and Claudio Tennie
  • Chimpanzee cognition and the roots of the human mind / Alexandra G. Rosati
  • Ancestral precursors, social control, and social selection in the evolution of morals / Christopher Boehm
  • Communication and language Katie E. Slocombe and Thom Scott Philips.