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Joint cooperative hunting among wild chimpanzees: Taking natural observations seriously [Commentary on Tomasello, M. et al. (2005): Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, p. 675-735]

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Boesch,  Christophe       
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Boesch, C. (2005). Joint cooperative hunting among wild chimpanzees: Taking natural observations seriously [Commentary on Tomasello, M. et al. (2005): Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, p. 675-735]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(5), 692-693. doi:10.1017/S0140525X05230121.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-0278-5
Abstract
Ignoring most published evidence on wild chimpanzees, Tomasello et al.'s claim that shared goals and intentions are uniquely human amounts to a faith statement. A brief survey of chimpanzee hunting tactics shows that group hunts are compatible with a shared goals and intentions hypothesis. The disdain of observational data in experimental psychology leads some to ignore the reality of animal cognitive achievements.