All Apes Great and Small

Dedication. Acknowledgments. Preface. Volume Overview.

Section One: Issues in Ape and Human Evolution. Introduction to Section One.

1. African Apes as Time Machines; R. Wrangham, D. Pilbeam.

2. Primate Divergence Times; A. Janke, U. Arnason.

3. The Cerebellum: An Asset to Hominoid Cognition; C.E. MacLeod, et al.

Section Two - Bonobos, The `Forgotten Ape'?. Introduction to Section Two.

4. The Status of the Bonobo (Pan Paniscus) in the Democratic Republic of Congo; J. Dupain, L. Van Elsacker.

5. Status of Bonobos in their Southernmost Geographic Range; J.A. Myers Thompson.

6. Current Situation of Bonobos in the Luo Reserve, Equateur, Democratic Republic of Congo; C. Hashimoto, T. Furuichi.

Section Three: Chimpanzees, the Best-Known Ape. Introduction to Section Three.

7. Pan in Pandemonium; S.T. Boysen, T. Butynski.

8. Predation of Mammals by the Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania; K. Hosaka, et al.

9. Representational Capacities in Chimpanzees: Numerical and Spatial Reasoning; S.T. Boysen, V.A. Kuhlmeier.

Section Four: Gorillas, the Greatest of the Apes. Introduction to Section Four.

10. The Status of Gorillas Worldwide; F.G.P. Patterson, M.L. Matevia.

11. Twenty-Seven Years of Project Koko and Michael; F.G.P. Patterson, W. Gordon.

12. Who's in Charge? Observations of Social Behavior in a Captive Group of Western Lowland Gorillas; T.A. Stein.

Section Five: Physiological Bases for Behavior and Aging: Great Apes and Humans. Introduction to Section Five.

13. The Great Ape Aging Project: A Resource for Comparative Study of Behavior, Cognition, Health, and Neurobiology; J.M. Erwin, et al.

14. An International Database for the Study of Diabetes, Obesity, and Aging in Great Apes and Other Nonhuman Primates; R. Martens, et al.

15. Studies of Age-Related Neuronal Pathology in Great Apes; D.P. Perl, et al.

16. Metabolites of Ovarian Hormones and Behavioral Correlated in Captive Female Bonobos (Pan

Jane Goodall, geb. 1934 in England, reiste 1957 nach Afrika und arbeitete als Verhaltensforscherin im Gombe-Nationalpark, Tansania. Parallel hierzu studierte sie Ethnologie. Ihr Studium schloss sie 1965 in Cambridge mit der Doktorwürde ab. Jane Goodall war an mehreren Forschungsprojekten beteiligt, ist Inhaberin berühmter Lehrstühle und erhielt viele Preise und Orden, darunter die Auszeichnung "CBE" ("Commander of the British Empire") und die "Medaille der National Geographic Society". Sie hat Bücher über Verhaltensforschung und Kinderbücher geschrieben, die in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Als Initiatorin von "Roots & Shoots", einem Programm für den internationalen Umwelt- und Artenschutz, begeistert sie insbesondere Kinder und Jugendliche in zahlreichen Ländern für ein ökologisches Engagement. Unermüdlich auf Vortragsreisen, verbringt Jane Goodall die wenigen verbleibenden Wochen des Jahres im englischen Bournemouth.

"The human race originated in Africa, from where it spread to all corners of the world. The remaining African primates, especially the apes, provide clues about our evolution. In this volume, some of the world's leading experts show us both what is fascinating about these animals and why we should be extremely worried about their future."
(Frans de Waal, author of The Ape and the Sushi Master)
"One of the greatest shameful tragedies of the 20th Century is acceleration of human destruction of natural habitats that are home to our nearest relatives, the apes. Just when we have the technical resources and refined methods to plumb their secrets, the apes are being extinguished in Africa and Asia. The papers in All Apes Great and Small not only document current knowledge about our fellow beings but also underscore how much remains to be learned about them, information that surely would enhance our understanding of the human condition and career."
(Russell H. Tuttle, author of Apes of the World)
"There is an impending crisis that the great apes could be extinct within 25 years. Comprehensive volumes like this one can help to avert tragedy, especially with a concluding section on the bush-meat crisis. Under the pioneering and inspirational leadership of Jane Goodall and Birute Galdikas, the editorial team have welded together a wealth of research data on the African apes. This provides a firm foundation for conservation and management programmes. Such books must not be allowed to become just a legacy to these fascinating apes - our closest relatives. Their habitats must be protected and/or managed sustainably, so that they can live on peacefully in perpetuity."
(David J. Chivers, M.A., Ph.D. University Reader in Primate Biology and Conservation Wildlife Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy, University of Cambridge)
"Although is a somewhat eclectic collection of papers rather than a cohesive, thematically integrated volume, this book contains much recent research on