One of the most obvious changes that has occurred in behavioural biology in recent years is
that it has become conspicuously a problem orientated subject. Moreover, one of the most …

Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and
its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology …

The aim of this review is to present a coherent explanation of the ultimate causation and the
evolution of primary social systems. The explanation is based on the assumption that social …

A long-term study of a population of toque monkeys (Macaca sinica) of Sri Lanka suggests
that animals indirectly kill one another through social behaviors that involve access to …

This volume contains papers that were prepared for discussion in Session 411 at the IXth
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. The session was …

Of all vertebrates, primates are among the most amenable to study in the wild. They are
mostly large diurnal creatures that can readily be habituated to close observation, often to …

This volume presents a comprehensive review of the current research in the field of primate
thinking, learning and behavioural development. Recent theories of the ways in which …

This book is about the social life of monkeys, apes and humans. The central theme is the
importance of social information and knowledge to a full understanding of primate social …

This is an exciting time to be a primate behavioral ecologist. Only a decade ago, it seemed
as though there was a comfortable consensus shaping about the most important ecological …

In order to explain the variation in primate social systems, socio-ecology has focussed on
the role of ecological factors to explain female associations and relationships and on the …