Chimpanzees and human evolution
Knowledge of wild chimpanzees has expanded dramatically. This volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain human uniqueness, by studying our closest living relatives. Their conclusions may transf...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2017, ©2017
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Was the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans chimpanzee-like?
- Introduction: chimpanzees and human evolution / Martin N. Muller
- Reconstructing the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans / David R. Pilbeam and Daniel E. Lieberman
- Equal, similar, but different: convergent bonobos and conserved chimpanzees / Brian Hare and Richard W. Wrangham
- Chimpanzees and the evolution of human uniqueness
- Introduction: chimpanzees and human uniqueness / Martin N. Muller
- Mortality, senescence, and lifespan / Michael D. Gurven and Cristina M. Gomes
- Fertility and fecundity / Melissa Emery Thompson and Peter T. Ellison
- Locomotor ecology and evolution in chimpanzees and humans / Herman Pontzer
- Evolution of the human dietary niche: initial transitions / Sherry V. Nelson and Marian I. Hamilton
- Evolution of the human dietary niche: quest for high quality / Rachel N. Carmody
- From pan to man the hunter: hunting and meat sharing by chimpanzees, humans, and our common ancestor / Brian M. Wood and Ian C. Gilby
- The evolution of the human mating system / Martin N. Muller and David R. Pilbeam
- From chimpanzee society to human society: bridging the kinship gap / Bernard Chapais
- Violent cousins: chimpanzees, humans, and the roots of war / Michael l. Wilson and Luke Glowacki
- Cooperative and competitive relationships within sexes / Richard W. Wrangham and Joyce Benenson
- Cooperation between the sexes / Adrian V. Jaeggi, Paul l. Hooper, Ann E. Caldwell Hooper, Michael D. Gurven, Jane B. Lancaster and Hillard S. Kaplan
- Sexual coercion in chimpanzees and humans / Martin N. Muller
- Tool use and manufacture in the last common ancestor of pan and homo / Campbell Rolian and Susana Carvalho
- Cultural evolution in chimpanzees and humans / Joseph Henrich and Claudio Tennie
- Chimpanzee cognition and the roots of the human mind
- Alexandra G. Rosati
- Ancestral precursors, social control, and social selection in the evolution of morals / Christopher Boehm
- Communication and language Katie E. Slocombe and Thom Scott Philips