Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas BarbudalHarvard University Press, 28 февр. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 358 With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. How they act is something else entirely. They climb onto each other’s shoulders four deep to frighten enemies. They test friendship by sticking their fingers up one another’s noses. They often nurse—but sometimes kill—each other’s offspring. They use sex as a means of communicating. And they negotiate a remarkably intricate network of alliances, simian politics, and social intrigue. Not monkish, perhaps, but as we see in this downright ethnographic account of the capuchins of Lomas Barbudal, their world is as complex, ritualistic, and structured as any society. |
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Prologue | 1 |
All in a Days Work | 8 |
The Social Intelligence Debate and the Origins of the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project | 27 |
The Challenges of Foraging and SelfMedication | 53 |
Predators Prey and Personality | 72 |
Capuchin Communication | 89 |
Abby and Tattle Two Females Political Careers | 116 |
Curmudgeon The Career of an Alpha Male | 134 |
Guapo Innovation and Tradition in the Creation of BondTesting Rituals | 245 |
Social Learning and the Roots of Culture | 264 |
Nobu and La Lucha sin Fin Conservation of Tropical Dry Forests | 288 |
Epilogue | 308 |
Cast of Characters | 317 |
Timeline of Events in Abbys and Rambos Groups | 325 |
Glossary of Behavioral Terms in the Capuchin Communicative Repertoire | 329 |
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Moth and Tranquilo The Strategies of Incoming Alpha Males | 168 |
Kola and Jordan Lethal Aggression and the Importance of Allies | 199 |
Miffin Nobu and Abby Capuchin Mothers Infants and Babysitters | 220 |
Acknowledgments | 347 |
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