The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior
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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 Chimpanzees of Gombe | 1 |
| The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior canonical | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior Context triple: [Jane Goodall, notableWork, The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior Target entity description: 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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A.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis is a landmark 1975 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that founded the modern field of sociobiology by applying evolutionary theory to the study of social behavior in animals and humans.
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B.
The Theory of Island Biogeography
The Theory of Island Biogeography is a foundational ecological work that explains how species richness on islands is shaped by the balance between immigration and extinction, profoundly influencing modern conservation biology and biogeography.
-
C.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
-
D.
The Dragons of Eden
The Dragons of Eden is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1977 book by Carl Sagan that explores the evolution of human intelligence and the brain through a blend of science, anthropology, and speculative thought.
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E.
The Ants
The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize–winning scientific book that provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ant biology, behavior, and social organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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scientific monograph ⓘ |
| about |
Gombe chimpanzee community
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linked to:
Gombe Stream Research Centre
wildlife research methods in primatology ⓘ |
| author | Jane Goodall ⓘ |
| basedOn |
field data collected by Jane Goodall and colleagues
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long-term research at Gombe Stream ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
coalitions and alliances among chimpanzees
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community structure of Gombe chimpanzees ⓘ cooperative hunting in chimpanzees ⓘ grooming behavior in chimpanzees ⓘ individual life histories of Gombe chimpanzees ⓘ meat sharing in chimpanzees ⓘ territorial behavior of chimpanzees ⓘ |
| documents |
chimpanzee aggression
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chimpanzee communication ⓘ chimpanzee feeding behavior ⓘ chimpanzee intergroup conflict ⓘ chimpanzee mating behavior ⓘ chimpanzee mother–infant relationships ⓘ chimpanzee ranging patterns ⓘ chimpanzee tool use ⓘ dominance hierarchies in chimpanzees ⓘ social organization of chimpanzees ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
animal behavior
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ethology ⓘ primatology ⓘ sociobiology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
long-term field observations
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wild chimpanzees ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Jane Goodall ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Pan troglodytes
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chimpanzee behavior ⓘ chimpanzee ecology ⓘ chimpanzee social behavior ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive documentation of wild chimpanzee behavior
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detailed long-term study of a single chimpanzee population ⓘ influence on primatology ⓘ influence on understanding of human evolution ⓘ |
| placeOfStudyDescribed |
Gombe Stream National Park
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linked to:
Gombe Stream Research Centre
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| setting |
Gombe Stream National Park
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linked to:
Gombe Stream Research Centre
Tanzania ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | long-term study beginning in the 1960s ⓘ |
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Subject: The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior Description of subject: 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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linked to: The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior