The appearance of Oldowan sites ca. 2.6 million years ago (Ma) may reflect one of the most
important adaptive shifts in human evolution. Stone artifact manufacture, large mammal …

Biogeographical diversity is central to the trophic ecology of predators. Understanding the
biogeographical trophic patterns of generalist predators, such as the red fox V ulpes vulpes …

Neanderthals and Modern Humans develops the theme of the close relationship between
climate change, ecological change and biogeographical patterns in humans during the …

Socioecological models aim to predict the effect of environmental variables on species'
ecology and social behaviour. Larger groups should face more within-group food …

Fission–fusion social systems, in which members of a social community form frequently
changing subgroups, occur in a number of mammalian taxa. Such systems are assumed to …

Primates, like other mammals, exhibit an annual reproductive pattern that ranges from strictly
seasonal breeding to giving birth in all months of the year, but factors mediating this …

Anthropologists have long been interested in the behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates
living in savannas given what we know of early hominin environments. As expected …

Time constraints can limit an animal's potential to survive in a given habitat and the
maximum size of its group. Many studies have, therefore, investigated the ecological …

Aim To examine and visualize clines in size and shape of Cercopithecus aethiops Linneus,
1758 (Primate, Cercopithecidae) skulls, and to investigate environmental factors which …

P RIMATE SOCIALITY has many faces. Some callitrichines form small groups with just one
reproducing female and others who help care for her young. Hamadryas baboons (Papio …