The Chimpanzees of the Taï ForestThe Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest

"Extending Jane Goodall's famous account of wild chimpanzees in the West African jungle, Christophe Boesch and Hedwige Boesch-Achermann's fifteen year study of chimpanzees in the Tai forest of the Cote d'Ivoire differs primarily in its rich and lively approach to understanding chimpanzee behaviour."
"Chimpanzee behaviour is documented here in all its impressive diversity and variety. Aggression, territoriality, social structure and relationships, reproductive strategies, hunting, tool use - each of these is given its own chapter, along with topics such as chimp intelligence, life histories, and demography. The authors take care to place their observations within the broader context of research in behavioural ecology, and to compare and contrast their findings with other important work on chimpanzee groups, such as that by Jane Goodall. The book concludes with a summary chapter relating the chimpanzee findings to our understanding of human evolution."--Jacket.