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We know a great deal about roles the environment plays in shaping survival, reproductive success, and even social systems among primates. But how do primate life histories affect social systems and vice versa? Do baboons' patterns of growth, for example, help to structure their societies? Does fission-fusion sociality interact with predator pressure to influence the timing of maturation in chimpanzees? Exploring these issues and many others, the contributors to Primate Life Histories and Socioecology provide the first systematic attempt to understand relationships among primate life histories, ecology, and social behavior conjointly. Topics covered include how primate life histories interact with rates of evolution, predator pressure, and diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both young and adult caregivers; and reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. The first collection of its kind, this book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. Contributors: Paul-Michael Agapow, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann, Robert A. Barton, Nicholas G. Blurton Jones, Robert O. Deaner, Robin I. M. Dunbar, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Laurie R. Godfrey, Kristen Hawkes, Nick J. B. Isaac, Charles H. Janson, Kate E. Jones, William L. Jungers, Peter M. Kappeler, Susanne Klaus, Phyllis C. Lee, Steven R. Leigh, Robert D. Martin, James F. O'Connell, Sylvia Ortmann, Michael E. Pereira, Andy Purvis, Caroline Ross, Karen E. Samonds, Jutta Schmid, Stephen C. Stearns, Michael R. Sutherland, Carel P. van Schaik, and Andrea J. Webster.

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[The contributors] provide the first systematic attempt to understand relationship among primate life histories, ecology, and social behaviour conjointly. . . . This book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. -- Human Evolution {The contributors] provide the first systematic attempt to understand how primate life histories interact with diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both the young and their adult caregivers; and the reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. . . . The book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. -- Ethology, Ecology & Evolution Most chapters are quite well done and thorough and a great deal of useful information is amassed in this volume. Anyone interested in primate life histories should own a copy of this book. --D.B. Meikle ETH For the advanced reader, this volume is a rich compendium of data, methods, and ideas. The reader need not fear that this volume is just a collection of the same old correlations among the usual life history parameters.--David S. Sprague Primates Primate Life Histories and Socioecology provides the first systematic attempt to understand how primate life histories influence behavior and vice versa. Authors Kappeler and Pereira covered topics including how primate life histories interact with diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both the young and their adult caregivers; and the reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. This book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. -- Biology Digest The contributors present a broad synthesis of current research, emphasizing a variety of approaches and building a solid foundation for future investigations. This is a rich volume that is relevant not just to primatology but also to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology. --Rebecca Chancellor Current Anthropology

For the advanced reader, this volume is a rich compendium of data, methods, and ideas. The reader need not fear that this volume is just a collection of the same old correlations among the usual life history parameters. --David S. Sprague Primates Most chapters are quite well done and thorough and a great deal of useful information is amassed in this volume. Anyone interested in primate life histories should own a copy of this book. --D.B. Meikle ETH {The contributors] provide the first systematic attempt to understand how primate life histories interact with diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both the young and their adult caregivers; and the reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. . . . The book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. --Ethology, Ecology & Evolution [The contributors] provide the first systematic attempt to understand relationship among primate life histories, ecology, and social behaviour conjointly. . . . This book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. --Human Evolution Primate Life Histories and Socioecology provides the first systematic attempt to understand how primate life histories influence behavior and vice versa. Authors Kappeler and Pereira covered topics including how primate life histories interact with diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both the young and their adult caregivers; and the reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. This book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. --Biology Digest The contributors present a broad synthesis of current research, emphasizing a variety of approaches and building a solid foundation for future investigations. This is a rich volume that is relevant not just to primatology but also to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology. --Rebecca Chancellor Current Anthropology

For the advanced reader, this volume is a rich compendium of data, methods, and ideas. The reader need not fear that this volume is just a collection of the same old correlations among the usual life history parameters. --David S. Sprague Primates

Primate Life Histories and Socioecology provides the first systematic attempt to understand how primate life histories influence behavior and vice versa. Authors Kappeler and Pereira covered topics including how primate life histories interact with diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both the young and their adult caregivers; and the reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. This book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists.

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Peter M. Kappeler is head of the Department of Behavior and Ecology at the German Primate Center in Gottingen. He is editor of Primate Males: Causes and Consequences of Variation in Group Composition and coeditor of Lemur Social Systems and Their Ecological Basis. Michael E. Pereira is a research associate at the Lincoln Park Zoo and a science teacher at The Latin School of Chicago. He is coeditor of Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development, and Behavior, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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