07.04.2023 - By BIG
As we know, human history has led to the construction of border systems between different political entities. Human groups have sought to differentiate themselves spatially by boundaries, delimitations, legal conventions, border guards, they have also formed alliances and buffer zones. But there are other types of borders, borders that exist in the non-human world. Types of borders that the study of ethology in general reveals to us, and also primatology. We discuss about these non-human borders and bordering phenomena, notably complex and fascinating Chimpanzees territoriality, with Ammie Kalan. Professor Kalan is interested in behavioural flexibility in wild great apes, and what this can tell us about “hominin” evolution using a comparative perspective.
Time Markers
00:00 Our Guest today: Ammie Kalan
02:33 The object of study of primatology? What are “great apes”?
04:30 Communication between chimpanzees and the role of trees
07:21 Use of tools by chimpanzees for different purposes
11:29 Social/Political boundaries within the same group of Chimpanzees
16:07 “Spatial boundaries” between distinct groups? Behaviour is the key.
19:22 Why can groups of chimpanzees’ fragment?
21:01 Territorial conflicts between groups of chimpanzees’
26:14 The Phenomenon of “border patrol”
32:12 “Border patrol” and organized collective action of chimpanzees
34:48 Behavioral flexibility in wild great apes and “hominin” evolution
38:21 “Cultures” within the world of Chimpanzees
41:42 Towards a better protection of groups and habitats of primates
Websites:
BIG Website: https://biglobalization.org
JMN Website: https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/intd/europe/eu-grants/network/hmsdata-20-23/index.php
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2AL0HbO
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization
Twitter: https://twitter.com/big_uvic