Re: Why Large Gap Between Species...?

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ndickover@ver.lld.com (Noel Dickover) wrote:

>Unless I'm mistaken, both Jane Goodall and Franz de Waal have solid
>evidence of chimps murdering each other for personal, not food related
>reasons.

Manson and Wrangham (1991) suggest that it is resources of
reproductive interest that determine the causes of intergroup
aggression. This may include material resources.
Goodall (1986 p.505) reports that after the Kahama community at Gombe
was annihilated by the Kasakela males their community range was
annexated by the latter.
Makes you wonder about ultimate causes.

Manson,J.H.and Wrangham,R.W.(1991), Intergroup Aggression in
Chimpanzees and Humans. Current Anthropology 32:369-390.

Goodall,J.(1986),The Chimpanzees of Gombe. Harvard University Press.

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