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Goodall, Jane and Phillip Berman. 2000. Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey. Grand Central Publishing.

King, Barbara J. 2007. Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion. Doubleday Religion.

de Waal, Frans. 2009. Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved. (Edited by Stephen Macedo & Josiah Ober). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Select Libraries
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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.

Singer, Peter. 2001. Heavy Petting. utilitarian.net - Nerve.

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

Suzuki, Akira. 1963. An ecological study of wild Japanese monkeys in snowy areas - Focused on Their Food Habits. Volume 6, Number 1, 31-72. SpringerLink.

"In Shiga Heights in central Japan, the macaques enter and remain in hot springs in the winter, probably to regulate their body temperature behaviorally (Hori et al. 1977)."

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

Select Video and Audio
Morris, Desmond. 2009. Desmond Morris on the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis). London, England: BBC Knowledge.

Bonobo chimpanzee (Pan paniscus)

Harris, Dan. 2008. Bonobo chimps on Nightline having sex aka conflict resolution!. ABC Nightline - Into the Wild

Naish, Darren. 2009. Zihlman's 'pygmy chimpanzee hypothesis'. November 25. Science Blogs.

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.

Goodall, Jane. 1976. Jane Goodalls Wild Chimpanzees pt1.

Goodall, Jane. 1976. Jane Goodalls Wild Chimpanzees pt2.

Goodall, Jane. 1976. [ Jane Goodalls Wild Chimpanzees pt3].

Goodall, Jane. 1984. JANE GOODALL: AMONG THE WILD CHIMPANZEES 3 OF 3. (Flo dies here, and Jane also talks about chimp violence: male war and female 'killing'). Tanzania: National Geographic

Van Lawick, Hugo. 1976. People of the Forest The Chimps of Gombe pt1.

Van Lawick, Hugo. 1976. People of the Forest The Chimps of Gombe pt2.

Van Lawick, Hugo. 1976. [ People of the Forest The Chimps of Gombe pt3].

Van Lawick, Hugo. 1976. [ People of the Forest The Chimps of Gombe pt4].

Pitu23. 2010. Chimp Fight For Sex. Bush Gardens.

Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla and Gorilla beringei)

Human (Homo sapiens)

Wilson, E.O. 1998. Integrated Science and The Coming Century of The Environment. (http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/31624.Edward_O_Wilson). 27 March: Vol. 279. no. 5359, pp. 2048 - 2049. Science.

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii)

Attenborough, David. 2008. Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans - BBC Earth. London, England: BBC Earth.

Buccaz. 2010. Orangutans Sex Fails. San Diego, CA: San Diego Zoo.

Jaws and Claws. 2008. Jaws and Claws 2: Orangutan Conflict. Animal Planet Video.

Wilkins, Gordon. 2009. Orangutans Having Sex at the National Zoo. National Zoo.

Rhesus Monkeys

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

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