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Scale and Geopolitics at Ngogo

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Central Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes troglodytes

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Human Impact, Critiqued and Documented

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Theoretical Alternatives

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From Peace to “War”

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Kibale

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Sociality and Intergroup Relations

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Eastern Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

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Tables

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Ngogo Territorial Conflict

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Tai and Its Afflictions

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Kanyawara

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The Ngogo Expansion, RCH + HIH

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The Case for Evolved Adaptations, by the Evidence

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Killings and Explanations

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List of Illustrations

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Species-Specific Foundations of Human War

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Applications

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Contextualizing Violence

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Mahale History

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Budongo, Early Research and Human Impact

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Social Organization and Why Male Bonobos Are Less Violent

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Advance Praise for Chimpanzees, War, and History

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From Nice to Brutal

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The Second Generation

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