Where is the only population of wild apes in Europe?
Barbary macaques in Gibraltar Barbary macaques in Gibraltar Originally from the Atlas mountains and the Rif mountains of Morocco, the Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population on the European continent. Although most populations in Africa are experiencing declining populations due to hunting and deforestation, the population of Barbary monkeys in Gibraltar is increasing. Currently, some 300 animals in five troops occupy the Upper Rock area of the Gibraltar Nature Reserve, though they make occasional forays into the town. As they are a tailless species, they are also known locally as Barbary apes or rock apes, despite being monkeys ("Macaca
The Mentality of Apes Not until Jane Goodall's work later in the century was the behaviour of chimpanzees in the wild studied in depth. The book in English was preceded by important publications in German, which are listed in Henle, Mary 1971."The selected papers of Wolfgang" Köhler. New York: Liveright, bibliography 438/9. The book publications are as follows: The Mentality of Apes The Mentality of Apes by Wolfgang Köhler is a landmark work in ethology, cognitive psychology and the study of the anthropoid apes. In it the author, a leading gestalt psychologist, showed that chimpanzees could solve problems by insight. The importance of this