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ANTH 121 Guide for Dr. Sarah King: Primate Behavior Articles

Library resources for research about Anthropology C121: Biological Anthropology topics.

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Articles from JSTOR Database

The biology of paternal care in human and nonhuman primates / Fernandez-Duque, E., Valeggia, C., & Mendoza, S. Topic: Parent-child interactions - Monkeys
Chimp the hunter / Bruce Bower Topic: Hunting - Chimpanzees
Ethnoprimatology and the anthropology of the human-primate interface / A. Fuentes Topic: Social interaction - Primates
Foraging strategies among living primates / P. Garber Topic: Foraging strategies - Primates
The form and function of reconciliation in primates / J. Silk Topic: Reconciliation - Monkeys
The Japan monkey center / P. Simonds Topic: Parent-child relations - Monkeys
Manipulative propensity and tool use in capuchin monkeys / E. Jalles-Filho Topic: Tool use - Capuchin monkeys
Social cultures among nonhuman primates / R. Sapolsky Topic: Social interactions - Primates and baboons
Social organization of subhuman primates in their natural habitat / K. Imanishi Topic: Social Hierarchy - Primates
Tools, language and intelligence: evolutionary implications / K. Gibson Topic: Tool use - Primates
Well-Tooled primates / Bruce Bower Topic: Tool use - Monkeys
Zoon Politikon: The evolutionary origins of human political systems / H. Gintis, C. Van Schaik, & C. Boehm Topic: Social Hierarchy - Primates

Articles from Science in Context Database

Decoding an olfactory mechanism of kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate / Marylene Boulet, Marie J.E. Charpentier and Christine M. Drea Kin recognition - Primates
Hierarchical classification by rank and kinship in baboons / Thore J. Bergman, Jacinta C. Beehner, Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth Social hierarchy - Baboons
Homeland defense in the wild / Dennis Normile Male territoriality - Chimpanzees Family relationoships - Gibbons
Life history patterns emerge in primate study / Roger Lewin Population control - Primates
The path to sociality: a comparative analysis traces the trajectory of change in social organization among primates and establishes a firm foundation for modelling the origins of social complexity / Joan B. Silk Social organization - Primates
Social bonds of female baboons enhance infant survival / Joan B. Silk, Susan C. Alberts and Jeanne Altmann Female social bonds - Baboons
Social relationships and social cognition in nonhuman primates / Dorothy Cheney, Robert Seyfarth and Barbara Smuts Topic: Social Relationships - Primates
Stepwise evolution of stable sociality in primates / Susanne Shultz, Christopher Opie and Quentin D. Atkinson Social evolution - primates

Articles from Academic Search Complete Database

Activity and ranging patterns of guerezas in the Kakamega Forest: Intergroup variation and implications for intragroup feeding competition / Peter J. Fashing Activity patterns - Colobus Ranging patterns - Colobus
Age-sex analysis of activity budget, diet, and positional behavior in Alouatta caraya in an orchard forest / Helissandra Mattjie Prates and Júlio César Bicca-Marques Positional behavior - Howler monkeys
Conflict resolution in chimpanzees and the valuable-relationships hypothesis / David P. Watts Conflict resolution - Chimpanzees
Culture in Animals: The Case of a Non-human Primate Culture of Low Aggression and High Affiliation / Robert M. Sapolsky Social culture - primates
Embraces and grooming in captive spider monkeys / Colleen M. Schaffner and Filippo Aureli Social grooming - spider monkeys
Group movement decisions in capuchin monkeys: the utility of an experimental study and a mathematical model to explore the relationship between individual and collective behaviours / H. Meunier, J.-B. Leca, J.-L. Deneubourg, and O. Petit Collective movements - Capuchin monkeys
Interchange of grooming and agonistic support in chimpanzees / N. F. Koyama, C. Caws, and F Aureli Social grooming - chimpanzees
Is postconflict affiliation in captive nonhuman primates an artifact of captivity / Fernando Colmenares Conflict management - primates
Pattern, distribution, and function of greeting behavior among black-and-white colobus / Nobuyuki Kutsukake, Noyuri Suetsugu, and Toshikazu Hasegawa Greeting behavior - Colobus
Short-term benefits of play behavior and conflict prevention in Pan paniscus / Elisabetta Palagi, Tommaso Paoli, and Silvana Borgogni Tarli Play behavior - Bonobos Conflict prevention - Bonobos