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The Song of the Ape

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The Song of the Ape

Andrew R. Halloran
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An absorbing investigation of chimpanzee language and communication by a young primatologist







While working as a zookeeper with a group of semi-wild chimpanzees living on an island, primatologist Andrew Halloran witnessed an event that would cause him to become fascinated with how chimpanzees communicate complex information and ideas to one another. The group he was working with was in the middle of a yearlong power battle in which the older chimpanzees were being ousted in favor of a younger group. One day Andrew carelessly forgot to secure his rowboat at the mainland and looked up to see it floating over to the chimp island. In an orchestrated fashion, five ousted members of the chimp group quietly came from different parts of the island and boarded the boat. Without confusion, they sat in two perfect rows of two, with Higgy, the deposed alpha male, at the back, propelling and steering the boat to shore. The...

Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Language:
english
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EPUB, 471 KB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
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