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Locating chimpanzee nests and identifying fruiting trees with an unmanned aerial vehicle
No full textArticle first published online: 14 JUL 2015Abstract not availableAlexander C. van Andel, Serge A. Wich, Christophe Boesch, Lian Pin Koh, Martha M. Robbins, Joseph Kelly, and Hjalmar S. Kueh
Demokratie und Dramaturgie. Über den Zufall in Some use for your broken clay pots
Get PDFDer Schweizer Installations-, Video- und Performancekünstler Christophe Meierhans legt mit Some use for your broken clay pots (2013) einen Gegenentwurf zur gängigen Demokratiepraxis vor: Politiker_innen werden nicht wegen ihrer (Wahlkampf-) Versprechen gewählt, sondern können aufgrund ihrer Amtsführung jederzeit von den Bürger_innen abgesetzt werden. Es handelt sich bei diesem Prinzip der 'Disqualification' um eine Verkehrung der repräsentativen Demokratie, in der Politiker_innen für eine bestimmte Dauer aufgrund ihres Partei- oder Wahlprogrammes in ein Amt gewählt werden. Meierhans' System basiert auf einer Verfassung mit 350 Artikeln, die er während zwei Jahren gemeinsam mit einem Beratungsteam erarbeitet hat
The legacy of two great Primatologists: goodbye to Frans de Waal and Christophe Boesch
No full textChristophe Boesch and Frans de Waal, who both passed away this year, were influential primatologists.De Waal’s merits were in raising groundbreaking questions about the difference between humans and animals.Boesch studied ecology and behavior of wild chimpanzees, in particular their tool making and hunting behavior
Can the patterns of sexual swelling cycles in female Taï chimpanzees be explained by the cost-of-sexual-attraction hypothesis?
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Do Wild Chimpanzee Populations Develop Diverse Cultures?
No full textHumans pride themselves on having extensive and diverse cultures. However, cultures can also be observed in animals. The research presented in this video aims at understanding the cultures of wild chimpanzee populations in several African countries and how they differ from each other. As chimpanzees avoid human contact, CHRISTOPHE BOESCH explains, the research team conducted the study by setting up camera traps to catch chimpanzee behavior on video. Forty locations were carefully selected to make sure interesting behavioral patterns would be observable. The vast amount of video material reveals how the diversity of chimpanzee culture is still underestimated: the chimpanzee groups exhibit a surprising variety of behavior, for example in food hunting or display, which is partly shaped by their environment. Sadly, this study also indicates to what extent the habitat of chimpanzees has already been irretrievably destroyed
Female white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) lead group movements and have priority of access to food resources
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