ARCL-1006EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Charlotte Uhlenbroek, Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall
16 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
ARCL 1006
February 5, 2018
Chimpanzees
ā¢Trimates
ā¢Louis Leakey
ā¢Jane Goodall (chimpanzees), Dian Fossey (gorillas), BirutĆ© Galdikas (orangutans)
ā¢Primatologists, New Chimpanzees
ā¢Jane Goodall
ā¢Craig Stanton (colobus and chimps)
ā¢Richard Wrangham (chimps practicing a primitive kind of medicine)
ā¢Takayoshi Kano (bonobos)
ā¢sugar cane calls down the bonobos
ā¢bonobo mothers never discipline their babies
ā¢bonobos- males stay with their mothers forever
ā¢instead of ļ¬ghting- bonobos use sex as a means to soothe violence// regardless of
gender or age its to form bonds
ā¢Christophe and Edwige Boesch (chimps in the Tai forest)
ā¢investigating the chimpās mind
ā¢chimps cracking nuts w trees
ā¢Poachers killing their group- went from 80 to 40 chimps.
ā¢Charlotte Uhlenbroek (chimps)
ā¢Locations
ā¢Tai Forest, Cote DāIvoire
ā¢Boesch worked with the population there
ā¢Gombe, Tanzania
ā¢jane goodall worked with the population here
ā¢Main Questions
ā¢Do chimpanzees show evidence of culture?
ā¢Speciļ¬cally:
ā¢hunting methods
ā¢Groups-
ā¢chimps- selļ¬shly hunt together (gombe- open face, all chimps can see/watch)
ā¢Alpha gets the meat, and alpha male shares w allies
