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NEWS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS
   Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior. Matsuzawa, T. (eds.) Springer, Tokyo 2001.

Chapters related to Bossou and Nimba contained in this publication include:
 

 1. Matsuzawa, T., 2001. Primate foundations of human intelligence. In Matsuzawa T (eds): Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Tokyo, pp. 3-25.

2. Matsuzawa, T.; Boro, D.; Humle, T.; Inoue-Nakamura, N.; Tonooka, R.; Yamakoshi, G., 2001. Emergence of culture in wild chimpanzees: Education by master-apprenticeship. In Matsuzawa T (eds): Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Tokyo, pp. 557-574.

3. Yamakoshi, G., 2001. Ecology of tool use in wild chimpanzees: Toward reconstruction of early hominid evolution. In Matsuzawa T (eds): Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Tokyo, pp. 537-556.

PAPERS
 

 -Hirata, S., Yamakoshi, G.; Fujita, S.; Ohashi, G., Matsuzawa, T., 2001. Capturing and toying with Hyraxes (Dendrohyrax dorsalis) by wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Bossou, Guinea. Am. J. Primatol. 53: 93-97.

- Humle, T. and Matsuzawa, T. (2001) Behavioural diversity among the wild chimpanzee populations of Bossou and neighbouring areas, Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. Folia Primatologica 72, 57-68.

-Tonooka, R., 2001. Leaf-folding behavior for drinking water by wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Bossou, Guinea. Animal Cognition. 4: 325-334.

FILMS
 

-BBC, UK, 2001. Chimpanzees: Tool makers at Bossou. Narrated by David Attenborough, scientific adviser Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa.

-NHK, JAPAN, 1997. A hard nut to crack: Tool use of wild chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea. Narrated by Tatyana Humle (French version) and Dora Biro (English version), scientific adviser Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa (43min.).

Should you wish to get a copy for any of these films, please contact Prof. Matsuzawa: matsuzaw@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

OTHER
  A collection of all the articles ever published about Bossou and Nimba (1976-2001) is now available to graduate students and primatologists on request. If you wish to get hold of this collection, please contact Prof. Matsuzawa: matsuzaw@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  New births at Bossou in 2001
Veve(female): mother is Vuavua
FOKAYE (male): mother is Fotayu