The presentation at the XXIV. IPS congress in Mexico focused on results from my project Z6-3676: I emphasized the ethnoprimatological approach to conservation of savanna chimpanzees and the implications of my findings on feeding, ranging and tool-use for human evolution.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 2666831The presentation at the IV. European congress of primatology in Lisbon was based on research results from the initial year of fieldwork in Bandafassi Arrondissement, Senegal. I described the current conflicts between chimpanzees and humans in a savanna landscape and explored the prospects for the future co-existence of the two most related primate species.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 29049305The translation of »The cultured chimpanzee« is the first primatological monography in Slovenian language. The book tackles the new and exciting field of chimpanzee cultures and relates it to other disciplines of anthropology. McGrew presents many unexpected discoveries of non-human culture and the prospects for cultural primatology as a valuable field of inquiry as regards a better understanding of the evolution of human culture.
D.04 Initiative to set up a new research area in Slovenia
COBISS.SI-ID: 256563712The paper describes habitat structure, the postural and locomotor behavior of chimpanzees at Fongoli (Senegal), the types of tool use exhibited, and how technology fits into their daily time budget, foraging activities and travels. Fongoli chimpanzees exhibit various forms of tool use, including tool-assisted hunting, termite and ant feeding with tools, and opening hard-husked fruits on rock and wood anvils. Their extensive material culture can be linked to the relatively harsh environment in which they live. Further, chimpanzee transport of baobab fruits is associated with hominin behavior.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 27462873The presentation was based on the first phase of the project »Savanna chimpanzees and human evolution«, supported by ARRS. We focused on identifying human-chimpanzee conflicts and providing incentive for conserving apes at Bandafassi, south-eastern Senegal. We traced the remaining chimpanzee populations in the area, documented their ranging patterns (nesting survey), and valuable resources (particularly water), along with their relation to humans. Field surveys indicated the presence of several viable chimpanzee groups (Nathia, Angafou), most competing with local people over food sources.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
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