Category: podcast
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Infanticide and Mating in Gorilla Societies
In the dense rainforests where gorilla groups thrive, a silent and strategic battle unfolds daily. Understanding the complex dynamics of these societies is crucial, not only for the conservation of these species but also for gaining insights into the evolutionary forces that shape behavior. One of the most fascinating and, at times, brutal aspects of…
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A Tale of Two Villages
Joseph Bonkile Engobo was 84 years old. He calculated the Belgians arrived in his village almost a century ago. The villagers called him Papa Joseph and part of his job as traditional chief of Lokolama was to know their history. He knew the Belgians arrived in 1922 and forced his great-grandfather to help build a…
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Climate change affects the relationship between chimps and gorillas in the wild
Lara M. Southern of Osnabrück University in Germany went on the Gorilla Project podcast to discuss how climate change affected the relationship between chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild. She wrote the famous research paper entitled “Lethal coalitionary attacks of chimpanzees on gorillas in the wild.”