Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "chimpanzees"

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    • Assessing the psychological health of captive and wild apes: A response to Ferdowsian et al. (2011). 

      Rosati, Alexandra G.; Herrmann, Esther; Kaminski, Juliane; Krupenye, Christopher; Melis, Alicia P.; Schroepfer, Kara; Tan, Jingzhi; Warneken, Felix; Wobber, Victoria; Hare, Brian (American Psychological Association (APA), 2013)
      As many studies of cognition and behavior involve captive animals, assessing any psychological impact of captive conditions is an important goal for comparative researchers. Ferdowsian and colleagues (2011) sought to address ...

    • Female Competition over Core Areas in Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii, Kibale National Park, Uganda 

      Kahlenberg, Sonya Marie; Thompson, Melissa Emery; Wrangham, Richard W. (Springer Verlag, 2008)
      Aggression is rare among wild female chimpanzees. However, in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community in Kibale National Park, Uganda, stable use of food-rich core areas is linked to increased reproductive success, suggesting ...

    • Genetic and 'cultural' similarity in wild chimpanzees 

      Langergraber, Kevin E.; Boesch, Christophe; Inoue, Eiji; Inoue-Murayama, Miho; Mitani, John C.; Nishida, Toshisada; Pusey, Anne; Reynolds, Vernon; Schubert, Grit; Wrangham, Richard W.; Wroblewski, Emily; Vigilant, Linda (The Royal Society, 2010)
      The question of whether animals possess ‘cultures’ or ‘traditions’ continues to generate widespread theoretical and empirical interest. Studies of wild chimpanzees have featured prominently in this discussion, as the ...

    • Genetic differentiation and the evolution of cooperation in chimpanzees and humans 

      Langergraber, K.; Schubert, Gary; Rowney, C.; Wrangham, Richard W.; Zommers, Z.; Vigilant, L. (The Royal Society, 2011)
      It has been proposed that human cooperation is unique among animals for its scale and complexity, its altruistic nature and its occurrence among large groups of individuals that are not closely related or are even strangers. ...

    • Male Mating Interest Varies with Female Fecundity in Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii of Kanyawara, Kibale National Park 

      Thompson, Melissa Emery; Wrangham, Richard W. (Springer Verlag, 2008)
      Female chimpanzees mate promiscuously during a period of extended receptivity marked by prominent sexual swelling. Recent studies of wild chimpanzees indicate that subtle variations in swelling size could act as a reliable ...

    • Skeletal Pathology in Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii in Kibale National Park, Uganda 

      Carter, Melinda L.; Pontzer, Herman; Wrangham, Richard W.; Peterhans, Julian Kerbis (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
      The ecological pressures shaping chimpanzee anatomy and behavior are the subject of much discussion in primatology and paleoanthropology, yet empirical data on fundamental parameters including body size, morbidity, and ...