My Life Among the Apes

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Journal Am J Primatol

Date 2020 Feb 26

PMID 32096269

Citations 6

Authors

John C Mitani

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Abstract

I have spent over 40 years studying the behavior of our closest living relatives, the apes. In this paper, I review my research on the spacing, mating, and vocal behavior of gibbons and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and the vocal and social behavior of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). I devote special attention to results derived from a 25-year-long study of a remarkable and extraordinarily large group of chimpanzees that has recently fissioned at Ngogo in Kibale National Park, Uganda. I conclude with some advice for the next generation of field primatologists.

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Primate population dynamics in Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, over nearly five decades.

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A chimpanzee enamel-diet δC enrichment factor and a refined enamel sampling strategy: Implications for dietary reconstructions.

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