The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest: 40 Years of Research

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Christophe Boesch (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany) Roman Wittig (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany)

The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest

40 Years of Research

Christophe Boesch (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany), Roman Wittig (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany), Catherine Crockford (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany) , Linda Vigilant (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany)

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Cambridge University Press
28 November 2019

Evolution; Animal physiology; Animal behaviour; Animal ecology; Primates

The Taï Chimpanzee Project (Taï National Park, Cote D'Ivoire) has yielded unprecedented insights into the nature of cooperation, cognition, and culture in our closest living relatives. Founded in 1979 by Christophe and Hedwige Boesch, the project has entered its 40th year of continuous research. Alongside other famous long-term chimpanzee study sites at Gombe and Mahale in East Africa, the tireless work of the team at Taï has contributed to the fields of behavioural ecology and anthropology, as well as improving public awareness of the urgent need to protect this already endangered species. Encompassing important research topics including chimpanzee ecology, reproductive behaviour, tool use, culture, communication, cognition and conservation, this book provides an engaging account of how Taï chimpanzees are adapted to African jungle life and how they have developed unique forms of cooperation with less violence, regular adoptions and complex cultural differences between groups.

Edited by: Christophe Boesch (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie Germany), Roman Wittig (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany)
Associate editor: Catherine Crockford (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie Germany), Linda Vigilant (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany), Tobias Deschner (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 194mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1.190kg
ISBN: 9781108481557
ISBN 10: 1108481558
Pages: 516
Publication Date: 28 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christophe Boesch is Director of the Department of Primatology at the Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany and Professor of Zoology at the Universität Leipzig, Germany. He co-founded the Taï Chimpanzee Project in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa with his wife Hedwige in 1979 and was its Director for thirty-five years. He is also the founder and President of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation. His research concentrates on the evolution of cooperation, tool use and culture in wild chimpanzees and its implication for our understanding of human evolution. Roman Wittig is Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany, and has been Director of the Taï Chimpanzee Project since 2012. His research focusses on the costs and benefits of group living, social bonds and social cognition in wild chimpanzees and other non-human primates, in particular Bonobos, Chacma baboons and Sooty mangabeys.