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- Links individual life histories and skeletal analyses by examining the longest-studied community of wild chimpanzees in the world
- Features 48 case studies of individual chimpanzees
- Combines hard tissue and behavioral data in a compelling narrative
- Includes detailed figures and photographs of skeletal lesions, describing their relation to the individual chimpanzees’ lives as well as broader patterns
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book addresses how skeletons can inform us about behavior by describing skeletal lesions in the Gombe chimpanzees, relating them to known life histories whenever possible, and analyzing demographic patterns in the sample. This is of particular interest to both primatologists and skeletal analysts who have benefited from published data on a smaller, earlier skeletal sample from Gombe.
The Gombe skeletal collection is the largest collection of wild chimpanzees with known life histories in existence, and this work significantly expands the skeletal sample from this long-term research site (49 chimpanzees). The book explores topics of general interest to skeletal analysts such as demographic patterns, which injuries leave signs on the skeleton, and rates of healing, and discusses both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the patterning of lesions.
The book presents the data in a narrative style similar to that employed in Dr. Goodall’s seminal workThe Chimpanzees of Gombe. Readers already familiar with the Gombe chimpanzees are likely to appreciate summaries of life events correlated to observable skeletal features. The book is especially relevant at this time to remind primate conservationists of the importance of the isolated chimpanzee population at Gombe National Park as well as the availability of the skeletons for study, both within the park itself as well as at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews
“Kirchhoff’s narrative of individual cases provides something of a memorial. Her thorough documentation of the traumatic history of individual lives is essential for understanding selection pressures impinging on the Gombe chimpanzees and, perhaps, the entire species.” (Kevin D. Hunt, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 95 (3), 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA
Claire A. Kirchhoff
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life and Death in the Gombe Chimpanzees
Book Subtitle: Skeletal Analysis as an Insight into Life History
Authors: Claire A. Kirchhoff
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18355-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18354-7Published: 11 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18357-8Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18355-4Published: 29 June 2019
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 181
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 115 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Medical Anthropology, Animal Physiology, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Animal Ecology