The Evolution of Primate Societies

Edited by John C. Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M. Kappeler, Ryne A. Palombit, and Joan B. Silk

The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London John C. Mitani is the James N. Spuhler Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Josep Call is a senior scientist and director of the Wolfgang Kohler Primate Research Centre at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Peter M. Kappeler is head of the Department of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology/Anthropology at the University of Gottingen. Ryne A. Palombit is associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Joan B. Silk is professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-53171-7 (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-0-226-53172-4 (paper) ISBN-10: 0-226-53171-6 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0-226-53172-4 (paper)

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The evolution of primate societies / edited by John C. Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M. Kappeler, Ryne A. Palombit, and Joan B. Silk. pages ; cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-226-53171-7 (cloth : alkaline paper) ISBN-10: 0-226-53171-6 (cloth : alkaline paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-226-53172-4 (paperback : alkaline paper) ISBN-10: 0-226-53172-4 (paperback : alkaline paper) 1. Primates— Behavior—Evolution. 2. Primates—Evolution. 3. Primates—Ecology. 4. Animal societies. 5. Social behavior in animals. 6. Mammals— Behavior. 7. Mammals—Ecology. I. Mitani, John C. II. Call, Josep. III. Kappeler, Peter M. IV. Palombit, Ryne A. V. Silk, Joan B. QL737.P9E965 2012 599.8—dc23 2012007982 o This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).