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Bonobo chimpanzee (Pan paniscus)

De Waal, Frans B. M. 1999. Bonobo, Sex and Society. In Sussman, Robert W. Biological Basis of Behavior:  Critical Review (2nd ed.). Pp. 114 - 120. Pearson / Prentice Hall

De Waal, Frans B. M. and by Frans Lanting (illus). 1997. Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape. Berkely, CA: University of California Press.

Hare, Brian. 2010. Bonobo Bliss. Mar 19. Living on Earth

Lang, Kristina Cawthon. 2005. Bonobo - Pan paniscus. Madison, WI: Primate Info Net.

Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Goodall, Jane. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior. (illus.) Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

McGrew, William C. 2010. Evolution: Chimpanzee Technology. Science 30 April 2010: Vol. 328. no. 5978, pp. 579 - 580, DOI: 10.1126/science.1187921. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Tierney, John. 2010. When It Comes to Sex, Chimps Need Help, Too. May 3. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla and Gorilla beringei)

Fossey, Diane. 1983. Gorillas in the Mist. Mariner Books.

Human (Homo sapiens)

Primates: Apes, monkeys, and you. 2010. Primates: Apes, monkeys, and you. Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley.

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii)

Galdikas, Birute M. F. 1996. Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo. Back Bay Books.

Select Textbooks
Strier, Karen B. 2006. Primate Behavioral Ecology (3rd ed.). Allyn & Bacon.

Select Video and Audio
Bonobo chimpanzee (Pan paniscus)

Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue. 2004. Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Attenborough, David. 2008. Violent chimpanzee attack - Planet Earth - BBC wildlife. Britain: Planet Earth - BBC wildlife.

Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla and Gorilla beringei)

Human (Homo sapiens)

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii)

Rhesus Monkeys

Select Websites
Wisconsin Primate Research Center (WPRC) Library Primate Info Net. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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