Chimpanzee Politics
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Chimpanzee Politics is a groundbreaking book by primatologist Frans de Waal that analyzes power struggles and social behavior among chimpanzees to illuminate the roots of human political behavior.
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| Chimpanzee Politics canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chimpanzee Politics Context triple: [Frans de Waal, notableWork, Chimpanzee Politics]
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Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains
Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains is a Los Angeles Zoo exhibit that recreates the natural habitat of Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains to showcase and educate visitors about chimpanzees and their behavior.
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B.
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe is Jane Goodall’s reflective memoir and scientific account of her decades-long field research and close relationships with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.
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The Mentality of Apes
The Mentality of Apes is a landmark 1917 work of comparative psychology in which Wolfgang Köhler documents insightful problem-solving and intelligence in chimpanzees, challenging earlier behaviorist views of animal learning.
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D.
The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior
The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior is Jane Goodall’s landmark scientific monograph that comprehensively documents the social lives, behaviors, and ecology of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.
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The Political Animal
The Political Animal is a non-fiction book by British broadcaster and journalist Jeremy Paxman that explores the nature, motivations, and behavior of politicians in modern democratic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chimpanzee Politics Target entity description: Chimpanzee Politics is a groundbreaking book by primatologist Frans de Waal that analyzes power struggles and social behavior among chimpanzees to illuminate the roots of human political behavior.
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A.
Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains
Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains is a Los Angeles Zoo exhibit that recreates the natural habitat of Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains to showcase and educate visitors about chimpanzees and their behavior.
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B.
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe is Jane Goodall’s reflective memoir and scientific account of her decades-long field research and close relationships with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.
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C.
The Mentality of Apes
The Mentality of Apes is a landmark 1917 work of comparative psychology in which Wolfgang Köhler documents insightful problem-solving and intelligence in chimpanzees, challenging earlier behaviorist views of animal learning.
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D.
The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior
The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior is Jane Goodall’s landmark scientific monograph that comprehensively documents the social lives, behaviors, and ecology of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.
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E.
The Political Animal
The Political Animal is a non-fiction book by British broadcaster and journalist Jeremy Paxman that explores the nature, motivations, and behavior of politicians in modern democratic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ethology book ⓘ primatology book ⓘ |
| aimsTo | illuminate the roots of human political behavior ⓘ |
| analyzes |
conflict resolution
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female social networks ⓘ male dominance competition ⓘ reconciliation behavior ⓘ |
| author | Frans de Waal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | long-term field observations ⓘ |
| comparesTo | human political behavior ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| describes |
alpha male strategies
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role of grooming in alliances ⓘ tactical deception in apes ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
Machiavellian intelligence
NERFINISHED
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emotional underpinnings of politics ⓘ strategic alliance building ⓘ |
| focusesOnCountry | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnLocation | Arnhem Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
animal behavior
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political psychology ⓘ science ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
academic readers
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general readers interested in politics and science ⓘ |
| hasEnglishEdition | Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| influencedField |
anthropology
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evolutionary psychology ⓘ leadership studies ⓘ political science ⓘ primatology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| mainSubjectSpecies | chimpanzee ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the idea of politics in nonhuman primates ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Chimpanseepolitiek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
chimpanzee social behavior
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coalition formation ⓘ comparative politics ⓘ dominance hierarchies ⓘ evolutionary roots of human politics ⓘ political behavior in animals ⓘ power struggles among chimpanzees ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfObservations | 1970s ⓘ |
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