Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Brian Hare

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The bonobo, along with the chimpanzee, is one of our two closest living relatives. Their relatively narrow geographic range (south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo) combined with the history of political instability in the region, has made their scientific study extremely difficult. In contrast, there are dozens of wild and captive sites where research has been conducted for decades with chimpanzees. Because data sets on bonobos have been so hard to obtain and so few large-scale studies have been published, the majority of researchers have treated chimpanzee data as being representative of both species. However, this misconception is now rapidly changing.

With relative stability in the DRC for over a decade and a growing community of bonobos living in zoos and sanctuaries internationally, there has been an explosion of scientific interest in the bonobo with dozens of high impact publications focusing on this fascinating species. This research has revealed exactly how unique bonobos are in their brains and behavior, and reminds us why it is so important that we redouble our efforts to protect the few remaining wild populations of this iconic and highly endangered great ape species.

Book Details

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish Date: Dec 7th, 2017
Pages: 300
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.80in - 7.50in - 0.90in - 1.90lb
EAN: 9780198728511
Categories: • Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology• Non-Classifiable

About the Author

Brian Hare, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, USA, Shinya Yamamoto, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan

Dr Brian Hare is an associate professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University in the United States. Since 2007, he has published over two dozen peer-reviewed empirical papers on the cognition, behavior, physiology, morphology, and evolution of the bonobo. He has studied bonobos in zoos, African sanctuaries and in the wild. His research focuses on identifying unique cognitive traits as well as understanding evolutionary processes that produce them.

Dr Shinya Yamamoto is an associate professor at Kobe University in Japan. He has published research on both wild and captive chimpanzees. More recently he began studying the behavior of wild bonobos at the Wamba field site in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His research concentrates on the evolution of cooperation, culture, and understanding others.

Praise for this book

"I believe this volume will contribute to establishing bonobos as a species of interest on their own, which can inform our understanding of human evolution asmuch as chimpanzees. It is certainly an excellent entrance to the fascinating world of bonobos." -- The Quarterly Review of Biology

"In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, Brian Hare and Shinya Yamamoto pull together the latest research investigating bonobo behaviour [...], providing an in-the-round view of our current understanding." -- Catherine Hobaiter, Current Biology Magazine