Reproductive strategies are believed to be one of the major forces that shape the variability we observe in social systems of non-human primates as well as in humans.
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Cognition & Culture.
The cognitive abilities of human and non-human animals have evolved to solve daily problems encountered in the social and
non-social environment.
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Infectious disease has played a major role in human history and evolution, and a wide diversity of parasites and pathogens continue to impact human health around the globe.
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Feeding Ecology and Social Behavior: The Socioecological Model. Why do different primate species live in social groups of particular sizes and compositions?
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Biomonitoring and Conservation. Wild gorilla and chimpanzee populations are in the midst of a recipitous decline, and biomonitoring plays a key role in conservation efforts.
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Population Structure. Apes exhibit incredible variation in grouping patterns. Various mechanisms regulate social interactions among individuals in social groups, yielding clearly recognizable social structures and discernible patterns at the population level.
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