The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba (Primatology Monographs)

The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of __Pan troglodytes verus__ has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees’ flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable tools during foraging activities. The book highlights the special contribution of the long-term research at Bossou and more recent studies in surrounding areas, particularly in the Nimba Mountains and the forest of Diécké, to our understanding of wild chimpanzees’ tool use, cognitive development, lithic technology and culture. This compilation of research principally strives to uncover the complexity of the mind and behavioral flexibility of our closest living relatives. This work also reveals the necessity for ongoing efforts to conserve chimpanzees in the region. Chimpanzees have shed more light on our evolutionary origins than any other extant species in the world, yet their numbers in the wild are rapidly declining. In that sense, the Bossou chimpanzees and their neighbors clearly embody an invaluable cultural heritage for humanity as a whole. Readers can enjoy video clips illustrating unique behaviors of Bossou chimpanzees, in an exclusive DVD accompanying the hardcover or at a dedicated website described in the softcover. The Chimpanzees Of Bossou In Guinea, West Africa, Form A Unique Community Which Displays An Exceptional Array Of Tool Use Behaviors And Behavioral Adaptations To Coexistence With Humans. This Community Of Pan Troglodytes Verus Has Contributed More Than Three Decades Of Data To The Field Of Cultural Primatology, Especially Chimpanzees' Flexible Use Of Stones To Crack Open Nuts And Of Perishable Tools During Foraging Activities. The Book Highlights The Special Contribution Of The Long-term Research At Bossou And More Recent Studies In Surrounding Areas, Particularly In The Nimba Mountains And The Forest Of Diécké, To Our Understanding Of Wild Chimpanzees' Tool Use, Cognitive Development, Lithic Technology And Culture. This Compilation Of Research Principally Strives To Uncover The Complexity Of The Mind And Behavioral Flexibility Of Our Closest Living Relatives. This Work Also Reveals The Necessity For Ongoing Efforts To Conserve Chimpanzees In The Region. Chimpanzees Have Shed More Light On Our Evolutionary Origins Than Any Other Extant Species In The World, Yet Their Numbers In The Wild Are Rapidly Declining. In That Sense, The Bossou Chimpanzees And Their Neighbors Clearly Embody An Invaluable Cultural Heritage For Humanity As A Whole. -- Back Cover. Bossou: 33 Years / Tetsuro Matsuzawa And Tatyana Humle -- Location And Ecology / Tatyana Humle -- The Demography And Reproductive Parameters Of Bossou Chimpanzees / Yukimaru Sugiyama And Shiho Fujita -- The Prehistory Before 1976: Looking Back On Three Decades Of Research On Bossou Chimpanzees / Gen Yamakoshi -- The Chimpanzees Of West Africa: From Man-like Beast To Our Endangered Cousin / Asami Kabasawa -- The Tool Repertoire Of Bossou Chimpanzees / Tatyana Humle -- Stone Tools For Nut-cracking / Tetsuro Matsuzawa -- Use Of Leaves For Drinking Water / Cláudia Sousa -- Ant-dipping: How Ants Have Shed Light On Culture / Tatyana Humle -- Pestle-pounding Behavior: The Key To The Coexistence Of Humans And Chimpanzees / Gen Yamakoshi -- Algae Scooping Remains A Puzzle / Tatyana Humle, Gen Yamakoshi, And Tetsuro Matsuzawa -- Ant Fishing In Trees: Invention And Modification Of A New Tool-use Behavior / Shinya Yamamoto, Gen Yamakoshi, Tatyana Humle, And Tetsuro Matsuzawa --^ Log Doll: Pretence In Wild Chimpanzees / Tetsuro Matsuzawa -- Animal Toying / Satoshi Hirata And Yuu Mizuno -- Extensive Surveys Of Chimpanzee Stone Tools: From The Telescope To The Magnifying Glass / Susana Carvalho -- Field Experiments Of Tool-use / Tetsuro Matsuzawa -- Clues To Culture? The Coula- And Panda-nut Experiments / Dora Biro -- From Handling Stones And Nuts To Tool-use / Misato Hayashi And Noriko Inoue-nakamura -- The Emergence Of Stone-tool Use In Captive Chimpanzees / Satoshi Hirata And Misato Hayashi -- A Gibsonian Motor Analysis Of The Nut-cracking Technique / Blandine Bril, Gilles Dietrich, And Satoshi Hirata -- Education By Master-apprenticeship / Tetsuro Matsuzawa -- The Crop-raiders Of The Sacred Hill / Kimberley Jane Hockings -- Behavioral Flexibility And Division Of Roles In Chimpanzee Road-crossing / Kimberley Jane Hockings -- Play Behaviors Involving The Use Of Objects In Young Chimpanzees At Bossou / Masako Myowa-yamakoshi And Gen Yamakoshi --^ Chimpanzee Mothers Carry The Mummified Remains Of Their Dead Infants: Three Case Reports From Bossou / Dora Biro -- Comparison Of Social Behaviors / Michio Nakamura -- The Chimpanzees Of Yealé, Nimba / Tatyana Humle -- Chimpanzees In The Seringbara Region Of The Nimba Mountains / Kathelijne Koops -- Chimpanzees In The Eastern Part Of The Nimba Mountains Biosphere Reserve: Gouéla Ii And Déré Forest / Nicolas Granier -- Diécké Forest, Guinea: Delving Into Chimpanzee Behavior Using Stone Tool Surveys / Susana Carvalho -- From Bossou To The Forests Of Liberia / Gaku Ohashi -- The 2003 Epidemic Of A Flu-like Respiratory Disease At Bossou / Tatyana Humle -- Microclimate And Moving Pattern / Hiroyuki Takemoto -- Genetic Variation In The Chimpanzees Of Bossou And Nimba / Makoto K. Shimada -- Intestinal Bacteria In Chimpanzees In Bossou: A Preliminary Study Of Their Nutritional Implication / Kazunari Ushida -- Health Monitoring / Shiho Fujita --^ Green Corridor Project: Planting Trees In The Savanna Between Bossou And Nimba / Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Gaku Ohashi, Tatyana Humle, Nicolas Granier, Makan Kourouma, And Aly Gaspard Soumah -- Environmental Education And Community Development In And Around Bossou / Tatyana Humle -- Conservation Issues In The Nimba Mountains / Nicolas Granier And Laura Martinez -- Chimpanzees In Guinea And In West Africa / Tatyana Humle And Rebecca Kormos. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Tatyana Humle, Yukimaru Sugiyama, Editors. Dvd In Pocket. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 433-458) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Color Plates....Pages xxi-xxvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Bossou: 33 Years....Pages 3-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Location and Ecology....Pages 13-21 The Demography and Reproductive Parameters of Bossou Chimpanzees....Pages 23-34 The “Prehistory” Before 1976: Looking Back on Three Decades of Research on Bossou Chimpanzees....Pages 35-44 The Chimpanzees of West Africa: From “Man-Like Beast” to “Our Endangered Cousin”....Pages 45-57 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 The Tool Repertoire of Bossou Chimpanzees....Pages 61-71 Stone Tools for Nut-Cracking....Pages 73-83 Use of Leaves for Drinking Water....Pages 85-96 Ant-Dipping: How Ants Have Shed Light on Culture....Pages 97-105 Pestle-Pounding Behavior: The Key to the Coexistence of Humans and Chimpanzees....Pages 107-115 Algae Scooping Remains a Puzzle....Pages 117-122 Ant Fishing in Trees: Invention and Modification of a New Tool-Use Behavior....Pages 123-130 Log Doll: Pretence in Wild Chimpanzees....Pages 131-135 Animal Toying....Pages 137-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Extensive Surveys of Chimpanzee Stone Tools: From the Telescope to the Magnifying Glass....Pages 145-155 Field Experiments of Tool-Use....Pages 157-164 Clues to Culture? The Coula- and Panda-Nut Experiments....Pages 165-173 From Handling Stones and Nuts to Tool-Use....Pages 175-182 The Emergence of Stone-Tool Use in Captive Chimpanzees....Pages 183-190 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 A Gibsonian Motor Analysis of the Nut-Cracking Technique....Pages 191-199 Education by Master-Apprenticeship....Pages 201-208 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 The Crop-Raiders of the Sacred Hill....Pages 211-220 Behavioral Flexibility and Division of Roles in Chimpanzee Road-Crossing....Pages 221-229 Play Behaviors Involving the Use of Objects in Young Chimpanzees at Bossou....Pages 231-240 Chimpanzee Mothers Carry the Mummified Remains of Their Dead Infants: Three Case Reports from Bossou....Pages 241-250 Comparison of Social Behaviors....Pages 251-263 Front Matter....Pages 265-265 The Chimpanzees of Yealé, Nimba....Pages 267-275 Chimpanzees in the Seringbara Region of the Nimba Mountains....Pages 277-287 Chimpanzees in the Eastern Part of the Nimba Mountains Biosphere Reserve: Gouéla II and Déré Forest....Pages 289-299 Diécké Forest, Guinea: Delving into Chimpanzee Behavior Using Stone Tool Surveys....Pages 301-312 From Bossou to the Forests of Liberia....Pages 313-321 Front Matter....Pages 323-323 The 2003 Epidemic of a Flu-Like Respiratory Disease at Bossou....Pages 325-333 Microclimate and Moving Pattern....Pages 335-338 Genetic Variation in the Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba....Pages 339-345 Intestinal Bacteria in Chimpanzees in Bossou: A Preliminary Study of Their Nutritional Implication....Pages 347-352 Health Monitoring....Pages 353-359 Green Corridor Project: Planting Trees in the Savanna Between Bossou and Nimba....Pages 361-370 Environmental Education and Community Development in and Around Bossou....Pages 371-380 Conservation Issues in the Nimba Mountains....Pages 381-392 Front Matter....Pages 323-323 Chimpanzees in Guinea and in West Africa....Pages 393-401 Back Matter....Pages 403-465 The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees' flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable tools during foraging activities. The book highlights the special contribution of the long-term research at Bossou and more recent studies in surrounding areas, particularly in the Nimba Mountains and the forest of Dǐcǩ, to our understanding of wild chimpanzees' tool use, cognitive development, lithic technology and culture. This compilation of research principally strives to uncover the complexity of the mind and behavioral flexibility of our closest living relatives. This work also reveals the necessity for ongoing efforts to conserve chimpanzees in the region. Chimpanzees have shed more light on our evolutionary origins than any other extant species in the world, yet their numbers in the wild are rapidly declining. In that sense, the Bossou chimpanzees and their neighbors clearly embody an invaluable cultural heritage for humanity as a whole. Readers can enjoy video clips illustrating unique behaviors of Bossou chimpanzees, in an exclusive DVD accompanying the hardcover or at a dedicated website described in the softcover