期刊全称 | Bonobo and Chimpanzee | 期刊简称 | The Lessons of Socia | 影响因子2023 | Takeshi Furuichi | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Written by a unique primatologist who has studied both bonobos and chimpanzees in the wild for over three decades.Uses simple, straightforward language to help general audiences as well as professiona | 学科分类 | Primatology Monographs | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book describes the similarities and differences between two species, bonobos and chimpanzees, based on the three decades the author has spent studying them in the wild, and shows how the contrasting nature of these two species is also reflected in human nature. .The most important differences between bonobos and chimpanzees, our closest relatives, are the social mechanisms of coexistence in group life. Chimpanzees are known as a fairly despotic species in which the males exclusively dominate over the females, and maintain a rigid hierarchy. Chimpanzees have developed social intelligence to survive severe competition among males: by upholding the hierarchy of dominance, they can usually preserve peaceful relations among group members. In contrast, female bonobos have the same or even a higher social status than males. By evolving pseudo-estrus during their non-reproductive period, females have succeeded in moderating inter-male sexual competition, and in initiating mateselection. Although they are non-related in male-philopatric society, they usually aggregate in a group, enjoy priority access to food, determine which male is the alpha male, and generally maintain much more p | Pindex | Book 2019 |
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