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Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

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  • Michael L. Wilson

    (University of Minnesota, 395 Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
    Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA)

  • Christophe Boesch

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Barbara Fruth

    (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen
    Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp)

  • Takeshi Furuichi

    (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41-2 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan)

  • Ian C. Gilby

    (Duke University, 104 Biological Sciences Building, Box 90383, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0680, USA
    School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402, USA)

  • Chie Hashimoto

    (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41-2 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan)

  • Catherine L. Hobaiter

    (School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, Westburn Lane, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK)

  • Gottfried Hohmann

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Noriko Itoh

    (Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, 2-24 Tanaka-Sekiden-Cho, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan)

  • Kathelijne Koops

    (University of Cambridge, Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge CB2 1QH, UK)

  • Julia N. Lloyd

    (Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda)

  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa

    (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41-2 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan
    Japan Monkey Center, 26 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-0081, Japan)

  • John C. Mitani

    (University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Avenue)

  • Deus C. Mjungu

    (Gombe Stream Research Centre, The Jane Goodall Institute – Tanzania, P.O. Box 1182, Kigoma, Tanzania)

  • David Morgan

    (The Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo)

  • Martin N. Muller

    (MSC01-1040, Anthropology 1, University of New Mexico)

  • Roger Mundry

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Michio Nakamura

    (Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, 2-24 Tanaka-Sekiden-Cho, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan)

  • Jill Pruetz

    (Iowa State University, 324 Curtiss, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA)

  • Anne E. Pusey

    (Duke University, 104 Biological Sciences Building, Box 90383, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0680, USA)

  • Julia Riedel

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Crickette Sanz

    (Washington University in St Louis, Campus Mailbox 1114, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA)

  • Anne M. Schel

    (University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK)

  • Nicole Simmons

    (Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda)

  • Michel Waller

    (University of Oregon)

  • David P. Watts

    (Yale University, 10 Sachem Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA)

  • Frances White

    (University of Oregon)

  • Roman M. Wittig

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Klaus Zuberbühler

    (School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, Westburn Lane, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK
    Université de Neuchâtel, Institut de Biologie, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

  • Richard W. Wrangham

    (Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

Abstract

A meta-analysis of studies on chimpanzees and bonobos across Africa shows that their conspecific aggression is the normal and expected product of adaptive strategies to obtain resources or mates and has no connection with the impacts of human activities.

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  • Michael L. Wilson & Christophe Boesch & Barbara Fruth & Takeshi Furuichi & Ian C. Gilby & Chie Hashimoto & Catherine L. Hobaiter & Gottfried Hohmann & Noriko Itoh & Kathelijne Koops & Julia N. Lloyd &, 2014. "Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts," Nature, Nature, vol. 513(7518), pages 414-417, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:513:y:2014:i:7518:d:10.1038_nature13727
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13727
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    1. Glowacki, Luke & Wilson, Michael L. & Wrangham, Richard W., 2020. "The evolutionary anthropology of war," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 963-982.
    2. Crouse, Kristin N. & Desai, Nisarg P. & Cassidy, Kira A. & Stahler, Erin E. & Lehman, Clarence L. & Wilson, Michael L., 2022. "Larger territories reduce mortality risk for chimpanzees, wolves, and agents: Multiple lines of evidence in a model validation framework," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 471(C).
    3. Emily E. Wroblewski & Lisbeth A. Guethlein & Aaron G. Anderson & Weimin Liu & Yingying Li & Sara E. Heisel & Andrew Jesse Connell & Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango & Paco Bertolani & John A. Hart & Terese B. Ha, 2023. "Malaria-driven adaptation of MHC class I in wild bonobo populations," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Z. Cao & M. Zheng & Y. Vorobyeva & C. Song & N. F. Johnson, 2018. "Complexity in Individual Trajectories toward Online Extremism," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2018, pages 1-9, May.

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