Chimpanzee culture wars , NicolasLanglitzPrinceton University Press, 2020. 352 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐691‐20428‐4. $26.95 (paper/hardcover/ebook).
Year: 2021
Type: book-review
Abstract: The idea that nonhuman primates are cultural beings has a long history.Its roots can be found in the work of Kinji Imanishi, the founding father of Japanese primatology.Many readers of this journal will find some of Imanishi's nonevolutionary views unorthodox.Nevertheless, Imanishi's suggestion that primates possess culture was apparently confirmed by his student, Masao Kawai, who reported that Japanese macaques provisioned with sweet potatoes started to wash them in the sea.The behavior appeared to be invented by a single monkey and then spread via social learning.The story of the potato-
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24331
Author: John C. Mitani
Institution: University of Michigan
Language: English
Topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3165036173