Chimpanzee Politics

Power and Sex among Apes

Paperback, 256 pages

English language

Published April 10, 2000 by The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

I would classify this as a fascinating read.
The first part presents the story of the life of a chimpanzee colony. It's a light and engaging read as I was not expecting to discover that chimps have such a rich social life.
The second part is what got me hooked: the author analyzes the observation made in the first part. His hypotheses and ideas are so much more interesting because chimps are "our closest alive relatives".
Personally, I'll want to reread the chapter on Differences between the Sexes

Subjects

  • Animal behaviour
  • Primates
  • Science
  • Life Sciences - Biology - General
  • Nature
  • Science/Mathematics
  • Anthropology - Cultural
  • General
  • Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology
  • Science / Biology
  • Apes & Monkeys