Chimpanzee Material Culture
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The chimpanzee, of all other living species, is our closest relation, with whom we last shared a common ancestor about 5 million years ago. These African apes make and use a rich and varied kit of tools, and of the primates they are the only consistent and habitual tool-users and tool-makers. Chimpanzees meet the criteria of culture as originally defined for human beings by socio-cultural anthropologists. They show sex differences in using tools to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521413036
ISBN13:9780521413039
Release Date:November 1992
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.33 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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A major scientific work; should change our view of culture
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
McGrew's work has (perhaps predictably) not had the effect on social science that it deserves. He challenges the usual belief that human culture is unique in ALL respects by showing that variations in chimp tool kits are comparable to variations in human tool assemblages. A thoughtful, well-researched, and interesting study
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