Chimpanzee Culture Wars by Nicolas Langlitz

Chimpanzee Culture Wars by Nicolas Langlitz

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Chimpanzee Culture Wars by Nicolas Langlitz

The first ethnographic exploration of the contentious debate over whether nonhuman primates are capable of cultureIn the 1950s, Japanese zoologists took note when a number of macaques invented and passed on new food-washing behaviors within their troop. The discovery opened the door to a startling question: Could animals other than humans share
Nicolas Langlitz is associate professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research. His books include Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain. Twitter @NicolasLanglitz
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ISBN 13 9780691204284
ISBN 10 0691204284
Title Chimpanzee Culture Wars
Author Nicolas Langlitz
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 2020-09-08
Number of pages 352
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