Sexual dimorphism

DW Frayer, MH Wolpoff - Annual Review of Anthropology, 1985 - JSTOR
That the human species exhibits sexual dimorphism in size, shape, and be-havior is an
obvious conclusion from anyone's simple participation in society. It is common knowledge …

Anthropological perspectives on diet

E Messer - Annual review of anthropology, 1984 - JSTOR
Whether viewed from archaeological-historical, sociocultural, or biomedical perspectives,
food is a basic concern for all human societies. Reflecting that basic concern …

[图书][B] Chimpanzee material culture: implications for human evolution

WC McGrew - 1992 - books.google.com
The chimpanzee of all other living species is our closest relation, with whom we last shared
a common ancestor about five million years ago. These African apes make and use a rich …

[图书][B] Sex and friendship in baboons

BB Smuts - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as
individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle interactions will …

The conditions for tool use in primates: implications for the evolution of material culture

CP Van Schaik, RO Deaner, MY Merrill - Journal of Human Evolution, 1999 - Elsevier
In order to identify the conditions that favored the flourishing of primate tool use into hominid
technology, we examine inter-and intraspecific variation in manufacture and use of tools in …

Male aggression against women: An evolutionary perspective

B Smuts - Human nature, 1992 - Springer
Male aggression against females in primates, including humans, often functions to control
female sexuality to the male's reproductive advantage. A comparative, evolutionary …

The evolution of primate behavior: a survey of the primate order traces the progressive development of intelligence as a way of life

A Jolly - American Scientist, 1985 - JSTOR
Primates stand at a turning point in the course of evolution. Primates are to the biologist what
viruses are to the biochemist. They can be analyzed and partly understood according to the …

The socioecology of fission-fusion sociality in orangutans

CP Van Schaik - Primates, 1999 - Springer
Fission-fusion systems can have the group or the individual as their primary unit. In group-
based fission-fusion systems, predation risk reduction is the major benefit to grouping, in the …

Constraints on group size in primates and carnivores: population density and day-range as assays of exploitation competition

RW Wrangham, JL Gittleman, CA Chapman - Behavioral ecology and …, 1993 - Springer
We hypothesise that foraging group size (FGS) and population group size (PGS) in primates
and carnivores are related to quantifiable variables indexing the intensity of exploitative …

Ontogeny of locomotion in mountain gorillas and chimpanzees

DM Doran - Journal of human evolution, 1997 - Elsevier
The African apes are a group of closely related taxa that differ considerably in body size. In
spite of the large body size difference, the African apes are similar in many aspects of their …