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Author Boesch, Christophe.

Title The real chimpanzee : sex strategies in the forest / Christophe Boesch
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 181 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Contents Make love and war? -- Inconspicuous female superiority -- The tyranny of the testis -- Odyssey through our forest past -- Make war to get love -- The real chimpanzee -- When sex becomes destructive -- Postscript : Fédora's fate
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-173) and index
Notes English
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Subject Chimpanzees -- Sexual behavior -- Africa
Chimpanzees -- Behavior -- Africa
Sexual behavior in animals.
Chimpanzees -- Sexual behavior -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Parc national de Taï
Chimpanzees -- Behavior -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Parc national de Taï
Pan troglodytes -- psychology
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Social Behavior
apes.
primates.
chimpanzees.
animal behaviour.
sexual behaviour.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
Sexual behavior in animals
Chimpanzees -- Behavior
Schimpanse -- Verhaltensforschung.
Schimpanse -- Sexualverhalten.
Sexualverhalten -- Schimpanse.
Schimpanse.
Sexualität.
Schimpanser -- beteende.
Côte d'Ivoire -- Parc national de Taï
Africa
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Form Electronic book
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