From a scientist and writer E.O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate social behavior" comes a fascinating look at the most provocative aspects of human nature through our two closest cousins in the ape family.
Arguing that apes have created their own distinctive culture, eminent primatologist Frans de Waal challenges our most basic assumptions about who we are and how we differ from other animals.. What if apes had their own culture rather than an imposed human version? What if they reacted to situations with behavior learned through observation of ...
"Gingrich has been a avid follower of de Waal's work for years. He has even placed de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among the Apes on his recommended reading list, along with better known texts such as the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. What secrets has Gingrich gleaned from our simian ...
'It's the animal in us', we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a ...
'De Waal's message is simple yet profound... (He describes) in lucid and vivid prose the peacemaking strategies of four non-human primates he has studied in captivity... His analysis should prove compelling for any reader who has ever made up after a fight--in short, for anyone.' - Barbara Smuts, Natural History
To observe a dog's guilty look, to witness a gorilla's self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf - to catch animals in certain acts is to wonder what moves them. Might there be a code of ethics in the animal kingdom? Must an animal be human to be humane? In this book, a scientist ...
The author challenges those who have declared ethics uniquely human. Making a case for a morality grounded in biology, he shows that ethical behaviour, in humans and animals alike, is as much a matter of evolution as any other trait. Anecdotes, theories and data are used throughout.
This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the 'make-love-not-war' primate by specialists. In bonobo society, females form alliances to intimidate males, sexual behavior (in virtually ...
For more than three decades Frans de Waal, the author of books such as "Chimpanzee Politics" and "Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape", has studied monkeys and apes in zoos, research parks and field settings. Photographing his subjects over the years, de Waal has compiled a unique family album of our closest animal relatives. To capture the social life of ...
In this title the author separates fact from wishful thinking through an examination of the most exciting and fascinating current research projects. Readers learn about the dancing of bees and the sound of crickets, schooling fish, birdsong and elephant song, dolphin research, and the reported progress made with chimps, gorillas, and other ...
This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centred, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the 'make-love-not-war' primate by specialists. In bonobo society, females form alliances to intimidate males, sexual behaviour (in virtually ...
De Waal's collection of essays by leading theorists in primatology discusses human evolution and the myriad things that the biology and behavior of primates can tell us about it.
A chimpanzee in one place smashes nuts to get the meat. Elsewhere his counterpart pays the same kind of nut no heed. The first chimp's mate is aggressive; the other's not at all. The first uses a certain kind of signal; the second, another. Why the difference? Are these adaptive behaviours, serving a particular need, or do chimpanzees have local ...
"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a ...
N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, Infant Chimpanzee ...
This collection of anecdotes about primate behavior draws on observations of individual animals by researchers who have come to the conclusion that some behaviors are passed on by the social group--and thus fall under the category of culture. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
For over 25 years, primatologists have speculated that intelligence, at least in monkeys and apes, evolved as an adaptation to the complicated social milieu of hard-won friendships and bitterly contested rivalries. Yet the Balkanization of animal research has prevented us from studying the same problem, in other large-brained, long-lived animals, ...
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