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Title: Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape by F. B. M. De Waal, Frans Lanting, Frans De Waal ISBN: 0-520-21651-2 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bonobo, you are not forgotten
Comment: This is a ground breaking book which forces humans to realize that not all of the great apes are violent as chimpanzees have been pigeonholed. It ultimately questions our humanness in relation to our 2 closest relatives: chimps & bonobos. Humans have characteristics of both, then why do many humans believe human nature is violent? This book gives us a mirror to see ourselves in.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful and Revealing-
Comment: The hardback version of Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape is memorable for its beautiful photography and courageous subject matter. Suitable for display, discretion may be called for in the "coffee table" method of sharing this book. Not every guest will appreciate their child thumbing through your volume to find pictures of sexually occupied simians- nor may you be pleased at having this masterful study of primate behavior snickered over by teenagers. For mature individuals interested in natural behavior within species, this is a must-have book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another fine effort by de Waal
Comment: Most people are familiar with chimps but few have heard of the bonobo, but we resemble them behaviorally more than any of the other great apes. Also I recall reading once that we have the greatest genetic similarity to bonobos. I forget the exact figure, but humans share something like 99.5 percent of their genetic material with bonobos.
De Waal teamed up with internationally acclaimed nature photographer Hans Lanting to produce not only a very scholarly but very readable and interesting book, and a visually very striking one as well.
There are many similarities between bonobo behavior and humans, and ways in which they differ from other apes. Females have higher social standing in bonobo society compared to chimps, and high-ranking males never stay that way for long unless they have the support of at least a high-ranking female or two.
Females also cooperate more than in other apes. They have been observed working together to drive off an aggressive male, which doesn't happen in chimps. Females are also very social, and seek to establish alliances with other males. This can come in handy in various ways. For example, during the mating season, if a a male the female doesn't like wants to mate, she can effectively rebuff his attempts by getting her other male friends to come to her aid. They even resemble us in their sexual behavior, since they are the only ape observed to use the missionary position during sex, which they do about half the time.
This is just a small sample of the many interesting and thought-provoking things I picked up from reading this book. Overall, a fascinating and very visually appealing presentation on this little-known and understood relative among the great apes.
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Title: My Family Album: Thirty Years of Primate Photography by F. B. M. De Waal, F. B. M. De Waal, Frans De Waal ISBN: 0520236157 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals by Frans De Waal ISBN: 0674356616 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes by Frans De Waal ISBN: 0801863368 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Kanzi : The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Roger Lewin ISBN: 047115959X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Social Evolution by Frans B. M. De Waal ISBN: 0674010043 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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