Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
by Frans B. M. de Waal, Frans Lanting
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Author: Frans B. M. de Waal, Frans LantingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-10-27
ISBN: 0520216512
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: A nuanced, not romanticized picture
Summary: 4 Stars
Bonobo society is fascinating as it is so different and more appealing than primitive human or other chimpanzee societies. Since de Waal is a careful scientist, a nuanced rather than romanticized picture emerges, one more challenging to the reader. In his effort to be careful, de Wall is sometimes more redundant than he needs to be, and the book's format contributes to this tendency, with interviews with other researchers inserted into the narrative (perhaps the interviews should be at the end of chapters). Pictures are great.
Among bonobos, females are dominant despite being physically inferior to males; they achieve this through coalitions. There is also much less aggression than among other species of chimpanzees, with sex, in all its forms, being used to defuse competitive tensions. It is likely that bonobo ecology is responsible for this: food, including protein, is plentiful and protection against other species is not required, although humans can be a problem. Empathy and social intelligence are high, and the captive ape individual with the greatest mastery of human language is a bonobo. Other chimpanzees are apparently better at tool use, although orangutans may be cleverest of all non-human apes in this aspect of intelligence.
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