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  • The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest

    40 Years of Research

    de Catherine Crockford, Linda Vigilant, Tobias Deschner, Fabian Leendertz ...
    The Taï Chimpanzee Project (Taï National Park, Cote D'Ivoire) has yielded unprecedented insights into the nature of cooperation, cognition, and culture in our closest living relatives. Founded in 1979 by Christophe and Hedwige Boesch, the project has entered its 40th year of continuous research. Alongside other famous long-term chimpanzee study sites at Gombe and Mahale in East Africa, the ... Leer más

    $98.39 USD

  • The Real Chimpanzee

    Sex Strategies in the Forest

    de Christophe Boesch ...
    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 ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Human Morality and Sociality

    Evolutionary and Comparative Perspectives

    de Henrik Hogh-Olesen, Christophe Boesch, Leda Cosmides ...
    Human nature is enigmatic. Are we cruel, selfish creatures or good merciful Samaritans? This book takes you on a journey into the complexities of human mind and kind, from altruism, sharing, and large-scale cooperation, to cheating, distrust, and warfare. What are the building blocks of morality and sociality?Featuring contributions from leading researchers, such as Christophe Boesch, Leda ... Leer más

    $48.59 USD

  • Among African Apes

    Stories and Photos from the Field

    Edición de Martha M. Robbins, Christophe Boesch ...
    These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apes—and at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists ... Leer más

    $20.89 USD

  • Tool Use in Animals

    Cognition and Ecology

    Edición de Crickette M. Sanz, Josep Call, Christophe Boesch ...
    The last decade has witnessed remarkable discoveries and advances in our understanding of the tool using behaviour of animals. Wild populations of capuchin monkeys have been observed to crack open nuts with stone tools, similar to the skills of chimpanzees and humans. Corvids have been observed to use and make tools that rival in complexity the behaviours exhibited by the great apes. Excavations ... Leer más

    $50.09 USD

  • Manifeste pour les grands singes

    de Christophe Boesch, Emmanuelle Grundmann, Blaise Mulhauser ...
    Series series Le Savoir suisse
    Aucune famille de mammifères n'est aujourd'hui plus menacée que celle des grands singes. Les populations de gibbons, gorilles, orangs-outans, bonobos et chimpanzés déclinent à un rythme effréné, au fur et à mesure de la destruction de leur milieu de vie: les forêts tropicales. Or celles-ci sont abattues et exploitées pour le bois ou des plantations industrielles, tel le palmier à huile. Ce pillage ... Leer más

    $8.73 USD

  • Wild Cultures

    A Comparison between Chimpanzee and Human Cultures

    de Christophe Boesch ...
    How do chimpanzees say, 'I want to have sex with you?' By clipping a leaf or knocking on a tree trunk? How do they eat live aggressive ants? By using a short stick with one hand or long stick with both? Ivorian and Tanzanian chimpanzees answer these questions differently, as would humans from France and China if asked how they eat rice. Christophe Boesch takes readers into the lives of chimpanzees ... Leer más

    $50.09 USD

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  • Primate Sexuality

    Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans

    de Alan F. Dixson ...
    Primate Sexuality provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings. This new edition has been fully updated and greatly expanded throughout to incorporate a decade of new research findings. It maintains the depth and scientific rigour of the first ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Animal Madness

    How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

    de Laurel Braitman ...
    ****“Science Friday” Summer Reading Pick****Discover magazine Top 5 Summer Reads****People magazine Best Summer Reads**“A lovely, big-hearted book…brimming with compassion and the tales of the many, many humans who devote their days to making animals well” (The New York Times).**Have you ever wondered if your dog might be a bit depressed? How about heartbroken or homesick? Animal Madness takes ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation

    de Patrick Bateson, Paul Martin ...
    What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its significance for development and evolution, before examining the importance of playfulness in creativity. This discussion ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology

    A Practical Guide

    Edición de Joanna M. Setchell, Deborah J. Curtis ...
    Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild primates covers the latest advances in the field, including new information on field experiments and measuring behaviour. It provides essential information and advice on the technical and practical aspects of both field and ... Leer más

    $62.39 USD

  • The Mandrill

    A Case of Extreme Sexual Selection

    de Alan F. Dixson ...
    Living in the remote forests of western central Africa, the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is notoriously elusive and has evaded scientific scrutiny for decades. Yet, it is the largest and most sexually dimorphic of all the Old World monkeys, and perhaps the most colourful of all the mammals. Synthesising the results of more than twenty-five years of research, this is the first extensive treatment ... Leer más

    $47.59 USD