This book examines conflict as a normal and recurrent feature of primate social life, emphasizing that the study of aggression and social conflict is important

Examines how simians cope with aggression, and how they make peace after fights.

"Filippo Aureli and Frans De Waal have succeeded in cross-fertilizing fields as disparate as ethology and medieval law to create a rich new field of research --

The great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans) are our closest living relatives, sharing a common ancestor only five million years ago. We also