% pubman genre = article @article{item_3158752, title = {{Reply to Farine and Aplin: Chimpanzees choose their association and interaction partners}}, author = {Van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C. and Cronin, Katherine A. and Haun, Daniel B. M.}, language = {eng}, issn = {0027-8424}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1905745116}, publisher = {National Academy of Sciences}, address = {Washington, D.C.}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-08}, abstract = {{Farine and Aplin (1) question the validity of our study reporting group-specific social dynamics in chimpanzees (2). As alternative to our approach, Farine and Aplin advance a {\textquotedblleft}prenetwork permutation{\textquotedblright} methodology that tests against random assortment (3). We appreciate Farine and Aplin{\textquoteright}s interest and applied their suggested approaches to our data. The new analyses revealed highly similar results to those of our initial approach. We further dispel Farine and Aplin{\textquoteright}s critique by outlining its incompatibility to our study system, methodology, and analysis.First, when we apply the suggested prenetwork permutation to our proximity dataset, we again find significant population-level differences in association rates, while controlling for population size [as derived from Farine and Aplin{\textquoteright}s script (4); original result, P {\&}amp;lt; 0.0001; results including prenetwork permutation, P {\&}amp;lt; 0.0001]. Furthermore, when we {\ldots} ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: ejcvanleeuwen{\textbraceleft}at{\textbraceright}gmail.com.}}, journal = {{Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}}, volume = {116}, number = {34}, pages = {16676--16677}, }