Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. The Study of Primate Societies 1
6. PART I. Evolution of Diversity
7. 2. Lorises, Bushbabies, and Tarsiers: Diverse Societies in Solitary Foragers 11
8. 3. Malagasy Prosimians: Female Dominance 25
9. 4. Tamarins and Marmosets: Communal Care of Offspring 34
10. 5. Monogamous Cebids and Their Relatives: Intergroup Calls and Spacing 44
11. 6. Howlers: Variations in Group Size and Demography 54
12. 7. Capuchins, Squirrel Monkeys, and Atelines: Socioecological Convergence with Old World Pritnates 69
13. 8. Colobines: Infanticide by Adult Males 83
14. 9. Forest Guenons and Patas Monkeys: Male-Male Competition in OneMale Groups 98
15. 10. Desert, Forest and Montane Baboons: Multilevel-Societies 112
16. 11. Cercopithecines in Multimale Groups: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure 121
17. 12. Gibbons: Territoriality and Monogamy 135
18. 13. Orangutans: Sexual Dimorphism in a Solitary Species 146
19. 14. Gorillas: Variation in Female Relationships 155
20. 15. Chimpanzees and Bonobos: Cooperative Relationships among Males 165
21. PART 2. Socioecology
22. 16. Life Histories in Comparative Perspective 181
23. 17. Food Distribution and Foraging Behavior 197
24. 18. Interactions among Primate Species 210
25. 19. Predation 227
26. 20. Demography and Reproduction 240
27. 21. Dispersal and Philopatry 250
28. 22. Interactions and Relationships between Groups 267
29. 23. Evolution of Social Structure 282
30. PART III. Group Life
31. 24. Kinship 299
32. 25. Conflict and Cooperation 306
33. 26. Social Behavior in Evolutionary Perspective 318
34. 27. Infants, Mothers, and Other Females 330
35. 28. Infants and Adult Males 343
36. 29. Transition to Adulthood 358
37. 30. Patterning of Sexual Activity 370
38. 31. Sexual Competition and Mate Choice 385
39. 32. Gender, Aggression, and Influence 400
40. 33. Can Nonhuman Primates Help Us Understand Human Behavior? 413
41. 34. Dynamics of Social Relationships 421
42. PART IV. Communication and Intelligence
43. 35. Communication by Sight and Smell 433
44. 36. Vocal Communication and Its Relation to Language 440
45. 37. Intelligence and Social Cognition 452
46. 38. Local Traditions and Cultural Transmission 462
47. PART V. The Future
48. 39. Conservation of Pritnates and Their Habitats 477
49. 40. Future of Primate Research 491
50. APPENDIX. The Order PriInates: Species Names and a Guide to Social Organization 499
51. Contributors 507
52. Bibliography 511
53. Index 565