Self-Medication in Humans ( Homo sapiens ) and Bonobos ( Pan paniscus ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4564507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Fruth (0000-0001-9217-3053, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 138-152 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01459740.2025.2482139 |
| PMID | 40152774 |
| OpenAlex | W4408957071 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 53 |
In this article I engage with the complex interplay of primates, plants and parasites. We learn about the ethnobotanical records of an indigenous population and their medicinal plants, and get a glimpse into the interplay of man and ape in a jointly used ecosystem. I combine my long-term research on free-living bonobos, a species endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with historical work. I show the surprising and extraordinary ingestion of Manniophyton fulvum , a wild Euphorbiaceae plant widely used across Africa, bearing specific chemical and mechanical properties that make it suitable for gastro-intestinal self-care
Archaeology · Biology · Bonobo · Democracy · Domestication · Ethnobotany · Ethnology · Geography · Homo sapiens · Indigenous · Medicinal plants · Pan paniscus · Political science · Population · Sociology · Zoology · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Demography · Ecology · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |