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Chimpanzees and Human Evolution (Hardcover)
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Chimpanzees and Human Evolution (Hardcover)
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Knowledge of chimpanzees in the wild has expanded dramatically in
recent years. This comprehensive volume, edited by Martin Muller,
Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who
are leading a revolution to discover and explain what is unique
about humans, by studying their closest living relatives. Their
observations and conclusions have the potential to transform our
understanding of human evolution. Chimpanzees offer scientists an
unmatched view of what distinguishes humanity from its apelike
ancestors. Based on evidence from the hominin fossil record and
extensive morphological, developmental, and genetic data,
Chimpanzees and Human Evolution makes the case that the last common
ancestor of chimpanzees and humans was chimpanzee-like. It most
likely lived in African rainforests around eight million years ago,
eating fruit and walking on its knuckles. Readers will learn why
chimpanzees are a better model for the last common ancestor than
bonobos, gorillas, or orangutans. A thorough chapter-by-chapter
analysis reveals which key traits we share with chimpanzees and
which appear to be distinctive to Homo sapiens, and shows how
understanding chimpanzees helps us account for the evolution of
human uniqueness. Traits surveyed include social behaviors and
structures, mating systems, diet, hunting practices, tool use,
culture, cognition, and communication. Edited by three of
primatology's most renowned experts, with contributions from 32
scholars drawing on decades of field research, Chimpanzees and
Human Evolution provides readers with detailed up-to-date
information on what we can infer about our chimpanzee-like
ancestors and points the way forward for the next generation of
discoveries.
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