Peacemaking among Primates

Frans B. M. de Waal

    Acknowledgments

    Prologue

    1. False Dichotomies

    "Good" Aggression

    "Bad" Peace

    The Individual and the Group

    Captive vs. Field Studies

    2. Chimpanzees

    The Arnhem Project

    Reconciliation and Consolation

    Sex Differences

    A Coalition Breaks

    Deadly Violence

    Reflections on the Dark Side

    Self-Awareness and Chimpocentrism

    3. Rhesus Monkeys

    Matriarchs and Matrilines

    The Transfer of Rank

    Aggression Levels

    The Exploratory Phase

    Implicit Reconciliations

    Hard Evidence

    Class Structure

    Climbing the Ladder

    4. Stump-Tailed Monkeys

    Our Beauties

    Orgasmic Reconciliations

    Two Macaques

    All-Embracing Unity

    5. Bonobos

    The "Pygmy Chimp" Is Neither

    Wild Bonobos and Wild Theories

    The Smartest Ape?

    The Peanut Family

    Games Bonobos Play

    Kama Sutra Primates

    The Sex-Contract Hypothesis

    Sex for Peace

    Epilogue

    6. Humans

    The Paucity of Knowledge

    Degrees of Sophistication

    Conditions of Peace

    Children

    Cultures

    The Oath of the Elbe

    Conclusion

    Bibliography

    Index

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Frans B. M. de Waal is C. H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Psychology Department and Director of Living Links, part of the Yerkes Primate Center, Emory University.