The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba
The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees' flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable tools during foraging activities. The book highlights the special contribution of the long-term research at Bossou and more recent studies in surrounding areas, particularly in the Nimba Mountains and the forest of Diécké, to our understanding of wild c…
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Weitere Autoren: Humle, Tatyana (Hrsg.) / Sugiyama, Yukimaru (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-4-431-53920-9
- EAN: 9784431539209
- Produktnummer: 10988712
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 465 S.
- Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.8 cm 928 g
- Auflage: Edition
- Abbildungen: Book with DVD; 150 schwarz-weiße und 8 farbige Abbildungen, 28 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
- Gewicht: 928
Über den Autor
Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa is world renowned for blending captive and field approaches to advance our understanding and appreciation of chimpanzee intelligence. He leads the Ai-project at Primate Research Institute of the University of Kyoto, Japan. He is also the director of the Bossou/Nimba field research station. He has more than 30 years of experience with working with chimpanzees in captivity, and more than 20 with chimpanzees in their natural habitat. He has received several prestigious awards for his achievements so far including the Prince Chichibu Memorial Science Award in 1991, the Jane Goodall Award in 2001 and the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2004. He is also a member of the executive committee of the IUCN (The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Primate Specialist Group on Great Ape Conservation.
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