Chimpanzee Culture Wars Rethinking Human Nature Alongside Japanese, European, and American Cultural Primatologists |
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| Author:
| Langlitz, Nicolas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-20428-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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The first ethnographic exploration of the contentious debate over whether nonhuman primates are capable of cultureIn the 1950s, Japanese zoologists took note when a number of macaques invented and passed on new food-washing behaviors within their troop. The discovery opened the door to a startling question: Could animals other than humans share
The first ethnographic exploration of the contentious debate over whether nonhuman primates are capable of cultureIn the 1950s, Japanese zoologists took note when a number of macaques invented and passed on new food-washing behaviors within their troop. The discovery opened the door to a startling question: Could animals other than humans share