Gorilla Society: Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes

by Kelly J Stewart, Alexander H. Harcourt, Kelly Stewart, et al.

Book Overview

Societies develop as a result of the interactions of individuals as they compete and cooperate with one another in the evolutionary struggle to survive and reproduce successfully. Gorilla society is arranged according to these different and sometimes conflicting evolutionary goals of the sexes. In seeking to understand why gorilla society exists as it does, Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart bring together extensive data on wild gorillas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226316033
• ISBN13: 9780226316031
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"