Peacemaking among primates

Peacemaking among primates /

Examines how simians cope with aggression, and how they make peace after fights.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Waal, Frans, 1948-2024
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990, ©1989.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Primates > Behavior.
Reconciliation in animals.
Aggressiveness.
Animal behavior.
Primates.
Aggression
Behavior, Animal
Primates
Social Behavior
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • 1 False Dichotomies
  • “Goodâ€? Aggression
  • “Badâ€? Peace
  • The Individual and the Group
  • Captive vs. Field Studies
  • 2 Chimpanzees
  • The Arnhem Project
  • Reconciliation and Consolation
  • Sex Differences
  • A Coalition Breaks
  • Deadly Violence
  • Reflections on the Dark Side
  • Self-Awareness and Chimpocentrism
  • 3 Rhesus Monkeys
  • Matriarchs and Matrilines
  • The Transfer of Rank
  • Aggression Levels
  • The Exploratory Phase
  • Implicit Reconciliations
  • Hard Evidence
  • Class StructureClimbing the Ladder
  • 4 Stump-Tailed Monkeys
  • Our Beauties
  • Orgasmic Reconciliations
  • Two Macaques
  • All-Embracing Unity
  • 5 Bonobos
  • The “Pygmy Chimpâ€? Is Neither
  • Wild Bonobos and Wild Theories
  • The Smartest Ape?
  • The Peanut Family
  • Games Bonobos Play
  • Kama Sutra Primates
  • The Sex-Contract Hypothesis
  • Sex for Peace
  • Epilogue
  • 6 Humans
  • The Paucity of Knowledge
  • Degrees of Sophistication
  • Conditions of Peace
  • Children
  • Cultures
  • The Oath of the Elbe
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography

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