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Joint cooperative hunting among wild chimpanzees: Taking natural observations seriously

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Christophe Boesch*
Affiliation:
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103Leipzig, Germany
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Abstract

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Ignoring most published evidence on wild chimpanzees, Tomasello et al.'s claim that shared goals and intentions are uniquely human amounts to a faith statement. A brief survey of chimpanzee hunting tactics shows that group hunts are compatible with a shared goals and intentions hypothesis. The disdain of observational data in experimental psychology leads some to ignore the reality of animal cognitive achievements.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005