I am looking for someone to review the book Apes Set Free for the International Journal of Primatology. If you are interested I can provide you with a copy of the e-book. This book looks like it might be of interest to anyone who is interested in the history of primatology, integrating perspectives from animal behaviour and decolonisation. I am happy to recieve reviews from students too.

Link to the publishers website for this book here -

https://www.routledge.com/The-Chimpanzees-of-Rubondo-Island-Apes-Set-Free/Msindai-Sommer/p/book/9780367422196

Blurb about the book below

How did a random batch of chimpanzees come to populate a small island in Tanzania where apes had never lived before? Combining information gathered from fieldwork, laboratory and archival research, this book tells the unique story of chimpanzee babies taken from their forest homes in West-Central Africa and sold to European zoos and circuses, to then be shipped to Lake Victoria and set free on Rubondo Island. These founder animals learnt what to eat, how to build nests, to breed and raise young – ultimately forming a chimpanzee-typical fission–fusion society that today is thriving. The authors compare the ecology, behaviour and genetics of the Rubondo population with communities of wild chimpanzees, providing exciting insights into how our closest relatives adjust to changing environments. At the same time, a reconstruction of the historical context of the Rubondo experiment reflects on its chequered colonial heritage, and the introduction is viewed against current threats to the survival of apes in their natural habitats.

If you are interested, please email me (Sharon.Kessler@stir.ac.uk).

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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD

Lecturer in Psychology

Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences

University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND

Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651

Email: sharon.kessler@stir.ac.uk

Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/

Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology

Academic editor: PLOS ONE