The following are some of the books and papers I read before undertaking this project. If you know of any material that pertains to my hypothesis, please recommend it in the comment box below, or email me at andrew[at]andrewbernardin[dot]com.
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- Hosaka, K., Nishida, T., Hamai, M., Matsumoto-Oda, A., & Uehara, S., “Predation of Mammals by the Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania,” in Galdikas, B. M. F., Briggs, N. E., Sheeran, L.K., Shapiro, G. L. & Goodall, J. (Eds.), All Apes Great and Small, Volume I: African Apes, Kluwer Academic / Plenum, New York, 2001.
- Givens, D. The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, and Body Language Cues, http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/index.htm
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- Goodall, J., My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1967.
- Gould, R. V. Collision of Wills: How Ambiguity About Social Rank Breeds Conflict, University of Chicago, Chicago, 2003.
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- Hinde, R. A. (ed.), Non-Verbal Communication, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1972.
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- Kagan, J., Galen’s Prophecy: Temperament in Human Nature, Basic Books, New York, 1994
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- King, Barabara. The Dynamic Dance: Nonvocal Communication in African Great Apes, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004.
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- MacLean, P.D., The Triune Brain in Evolution: Role in Paleocerebral Functions, Springer, New York, 1990.
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- Nishida, T., and Hosaka, K., “Coalition strategies among adult male chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania” in McGrew, W. C. , Marchant, L. F. & Nishida, T., Great Ape Societies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1996.
- Minuchin, S., Families and Family Therapy, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1974.
- “Monkey ‘Pay-Per-View’ Study Could Aid Understanding of Autism,” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050128213439.htm
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- Redford, D. B., The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002.
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