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| Chimpanzee Cultures: With a Foreword by Jane Goodall | 
| Creators: Jane Goodall, Richard W. Wrangham, W.c. Mcgrew, Frans B. M. De Waal, Paul Heltne
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $34.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 235845
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0674116631
Dewey Decimal Number: 590
EAN: 9780674116634
ASIN: 0674116631
Publication Date: September 1, 1996
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| Customer Reviews:
 Scientific papers on chimpanzee culture November 6, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
More scientific in nature than most books on chimpanzees, the editors have compiled a series of papers written by noted primatologists on the subject of chimpanzee culture. The book is divided into sections: Ecology, Social Relations, and Cognition. With articles titled like "Biobehavorial Roots of Language: A Comparative Perspective of Chimpanzee, Child, and Culture," you know you aren't reading a book intended for the mass market. These papers often contain objective measures of the authors' studies represented in graphs and charts, with minimal photographic illustration. However, for anyone researching the details of chimpanzee culture, this book offers a wealth of insight from a variety of sources.I recommend this book only for those seriously interested in chimpanzees and primate social structure. Others will find this book too dry and scientific, especially when compared to the more anecdotal books written by Jane Goodall.
 Great summary of chimpanzee behavior December 21, 1998
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The book surveys our current scientific understanding of chimpanzee behavior. Both common chimpanzees and bonobos are covered. I doubt any reasonable person who read this book would challenge the notion that the term "culture" is applicable to chimpanzees. I particularly liked the sections on social relations and cognition. Anyone wanting to understand human behavior would do well to read this book.
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