Tree of Origin

By F. D. de Waal. 2002

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How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives - the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates - offer tantalizing clues. In this volume nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behaviour of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species. This text gives us the latest news about bonobos, the "make love not war" apes who behave so dramatically unlike chimpanzees. We learn about the tool traditions and social customs that set each ape community apart. We see how DNA analysis is revolutionizing our understanding of paternity, inter-group migration, and reproductive success. And we confront intriguing discoveries about primate hunting behavior, politics, cognition, diet, and the evolution of language and intelligence that challenge claims of human uniqueness in new and subtle ways.

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Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence. (2005, background): “Our close relatives, great apes, exhibit behavioral variations and traditions involving social learning that suggests a more gradual transition (de Waal, 2001; McGrew, 2003; Stanford, 2001; van Schaik et al., 2003; Whiten et al., 1999; Wrangham, McGrew, de Waal, & Heltne, 1994).”
Comparing the Complex Cognition of Birds and Primates (2004, background): “…investigating the behavior patterns of monkeys and apes as an indicator of how our extinct ancestors may have behaved (see papers in DeVore, 1965 and papers in a more recent volume edited by de Waal, 2001, that continues this tradition in other disciplines in addition to anthropology).”
Evolution and ontogeny of stress response to social challenges in the human child (2006, background): “Children may need time to acquire knowledge for tool use and complex foraging including hunting (Darwin, 1871; Hill & Kaplan, 1999; see also Byrne, 2002a, 2002b).”
Self-regulation and the executive function: The self as controlling agent. (2007, background): “Frans de Waal (2001a, 2001b), one of the most passionate and persuasive advocates of culture in other species, readily concedes that no nonhuman culture remotely approaches the extent of human culture.”
Short-Term Benefits of Play Behavior and Conflict Prevention in Pan paniscus (2006, background): “The egalitarian society of bonobos (de Waal, 2001), with its undifferentiated roles between the sexes (Kano, 1982; Kuroda, 1979, 1980), may facilitate adult-adult play during situations of high tension, i.e., prefeeding time.”