Demographic and hormonal evidence for menopause in wild chimpanzees

BM Wood, JD Negrey, JL Brown, T Deschner… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Among mammals, post-reproductive life spans are currently documented only in humans
and a few species of toothed whales. Here we show that a post-reproductive life span exists …

Multiple phases of natal transfer process in female bonobos and factors underlying each phase: findings from long-term observations in wild populations

K Toda, N Tokuyama, T Sakamaki - Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 …, 2024 - Springer
Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are characterized by the formation of male-philopatric groups,
wherein nulliparous females typically transfer from their natal group to another. This chapter …

Female chimpanzees avoid inbreeding even in the presence of substantial bisexual philopatry

LC White, V Städele… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Inbreeding (reproduction between relatives) often decreases the fitness of offspring and is
thus expected to lead to the evolution of inbreeding avoidance strategies. Chimpanzees …

Female chimpanzee associations with male kin: trade-offs between inbreeding avoidance and infanticide protection

KR Wellens, SM Lee, JC Winans, AE Pusey… - Animal Behaviour, 2022 - Elsevier
A large body of literature demonstrates the adaptive benefits of social relationships between
kin, including fitness and survival. Given that most social mammals are characterized by …

Within-and between-group kin structure of wild bonobos in comparison to other African great apes

S Ishizuka - Bonobos and people at Wamba: 50 years of research, 2024 - Springer
Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are one of the closest evolutionary neighbors to humans. They live
in societies that contain various rare traits among animal species. Unlike most primates that …

アフリカにおける野生動物研究の現在と展望

仲澤伸子, 松本卓也 - アフリカ研究, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 日本の研究者によるアフリカの野生動物研究は, 近年, 手法や動物種を多様化させながら
さらなる発展を見せている. 本稿ではこのうち若手研究者の研究を中心に紹介する …