The Ape And The Sushi Master

The Ape And The Sushi Master
Title The Ape And The Sushi Master PDF eBook
Author Frans De Waal
Publisher Basic Books
Pages 367
Release 2008-08-05
Genre Science
ISBN 0786724536

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Mama's Last Hug and Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, a provocative argument that apes have created their own distinctive cultures In The Ape and the Sushi Master, eminent primatologist Frans de Waal corrects our arrogant assumption that humans are the only creatures to have made the leap from the natural to the cultural domain. The book's title derives from an analogy de Waal draws between the way behavior is transmitted in ape society and the way sushi-making skills are passed down from sushi master to apprentice. Like the apprentice, young apes watch their group mates at close range, absorbing the methods and lessons of each of their elders' actions. Responses long thought to be instinctive are actually learned behavior, de Waal argues, and constitute ape culture. A delightful mix of intriguing anecdote, rigorous clinical study, adventurous field work, and fascinating speculation, The Ape and the Sushi Master shows that apes are not human caricatures but members of our extended family with their own resourcefulness and dignity.

The Ape and the Sushi Master

The Ape and the Sushi Master
Title The Ape and the Sushi Master PDF eBook
Author Frans B. M. Waal
Publisher
Pages 433
Release 2001
Genre Animal behavior
ISBN 9780141003900

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Primatologist Frans de Waal explores human and primate culture in order to arrive at a better understanding of the roots of human behaviour. He examines whether animals learn from one another and have what he defines as culture.

Chimpanzee Politics

Chimpanzee Politics
Title Chimpanzee Politics PDF eBook
Author Frans B. M. Waal
Publisher
Pages 227
Release 1982
Genre Chimpanzees
ISBN 9780801838330

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"Precise but eminently readable and indeed exciting... This excellent book achieves the dual goal which eludes so many writers about animal behavior -- it will both fascinate the non-specialist and be seen as an important contribution to science." -- Times Literary Supplement

The Language of Animals

The Language of Animals
Title The Language of Animals PDF eBook
Author Stephen Hart
Publisher Henry Holt and Company
Pages 173
Release 2014-09-16
Genre Nature
ISBN 1466881690

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Kanzi the chimp, Koko the ape, singing whales, trumpeting elephants, and dolphins trained for naval service--all of them make the news each year. Members of these species learn to communicate both with their voices and with body language, and without the signals they develop, each would be an island, unable to survive on Earth. How much do we know about how animals communicate with each other or with humans? Scientific American Focus: The Language of Animals examines the sometimes subtle differences between the nature of communication and what we call "language" or "intelligence." We explore how scientists study animal communication, and we learn about various species and their ways of "talking" and passing on their own "cultural" patterns. From dancing bees and chirping crickets to schooling fish and flocking birds; from birdsong to whale song to the language of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom--the chimpanzees--these overviews of thoroughly detailed case studies are a window to understanding the constant chatter and movement of the animal kingdom.

Kinship with Monkeys

Kinship with Monkeys
Title Kinship with Monkeys PDF eBook
Author Loretta A. Cormier
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 264
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN 0231125259

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How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life--especially monkeys--have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system.

Tree of Origin

Tree of Origin
Title Tree of Origin PDF eBook
Author Frans B. M. de Waal
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 321
Release 2009-07-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 0674033027

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How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing clues. In Tree of Origin nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behavior of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species. It has been nearly fifteen years since a single volume addressed the issue of human evolution from a primate perspective, and in that time we have witnessed explosive growth in research on the subject. Tree of Origin gives us the latest news about bonobos, the make love not war apes who behave so dramatically unlike chimpanzees. We learn about the tool traditions and social customs that set each ape community apart. We see how DNA analysis is revolutionizing our understanding of paternity, intergroup migration, and reproductive success. And we confront intriguing discoveries about primate hunting behavior, politics, cognition, diet, and the evolution of language and intelligence that challenge claims of human uniqueness in new and subtle ways. Tree of Origin provides the clearest glimpse yet of the apelike ancestor who left the forest and began the long journey toward modern humanity.

The Great Apes

The Great Apes
Title The Great Apes PDF eBook
Author Chris Herzfeld
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 338
Release 2017-01-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 0300221371

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Foreword / by Jane Goodall -- The uncanniness of similitude : wild men, simians, and hybrid beings -- Skeletons, skins, and skulls : apes in the age of colonial expansion and natural history collections -- Apes as guinea pigs : primates and experimental research -- Great apes in the eyes of scientists : what does it mean to be an ape? -- Apes that think they are human : astronaut apes, painting apes, talking apes -- Conquering the field : pioneers, the quest for origins, and primates -- Socialities, culture, and traditions among primates : when the boundary between humans and apes blurs -- Women and apes : sex, gender, and primatology -- Becoming-human, being-ape