Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes.

@inproceedings{Dewsbury1983ChimpanzeePP,
  title={Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes.},
  author={Donald A. Dewsbury},
  year={1983}
}
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