Importance of cooperation and affiliation in the evolution of primate sociality

RW Sussman, PA Garber… - American journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The idea that competition and aggression are central to an understanding of the origins of
group‐living and sociality among human and nonhuman primates is the dominant theory in …

Gibbon travel paths are goal oriented

N Asensio, WY Brockelman, S Malaivijitnond… - Animal cognition, 2011 - Springer
Remembering locations of food resources is critical for animal survival. Gibbons are
territorial primates which regularly travel through small and stable home ranges in search of …

Intragroup and intergroup social interactions in white-handed gibbons

TQ Bartlett - International Journal of Primatology, 2003 - Springer
One of the least studied aspects of the Hylobatidae is their social behavior. In the past,
researchers have attributed this to a general lack of affiliative social interactions due to small …

Abundance and distribution of sympatric gibbons in a threatened Sumatran rain forest

TG O'brien, MF Kinnaird, A Nurcahyo, M Iqbal… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis) and siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are sympatric
small apes inhabiting threatened forests of Sumatra, Indonesia. We censused both species …

[КНИГА][B] Apes and human evolution

RH Tuttle - 2014 - degruyter.com
While it is now obvious that social relationships must be described in terms of social
interactions and, in turn, social structures in terms of social relationships, the influence of …

Effects of food and topography on ranging behavior of black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor **gdongensis) in Wuliang Mountain, Yunnan, China

PF Fan, XL Jiang - … Journal of Primatology: Official Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the ranging behavior of a habituated group of black crested gibbons (Nomascus
concolor **gdongensis) in a high, seasonal habitat on Mt. Wuliang, central Yunnan, China …

Amygdala size and hypothalamus size predict social play frequency in nonhuman primates: a comparative analysis using independent contrasts.

KP Lewis, RA Barton - Journal of Comparative Psychology, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
The amygdala and hypothalamus become sexually differentiated by gonadal hormones
giving rise to sexually differentiated behaviors, which include play behavior. Phylogenetic …

Grooming and group cohesion in primates: implications for the evolution of language

CC Grueter, A Bissonnette, K Isler… - Evolution and Human …, 2013 - Elsevier
It is well established that allogrooming, which evolved for a hygienic function, has acquired
an important derived social function in many primates. In particular, it has been postulated …

Home‐range characteristics and the influence of seasonality on female reproduction in white‐handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

T Savini, C Boesch, UH Reichard - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A three‐year (2001–2003) study was carried out on the home range characteristics
of seven wild white‐handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) groups focusing on the spatio‐temporal …

Forest seasonality shapes diet of limestone-living rhesus macaques at Nonggang, China

C Tang, L Huang, Z Huang, A Krzton, C Lu, Q Zhou - Primates, 2016 - Springer
Limestone forests are an unusual habitat for primates, but little information is available for
the genus Macaca in such habitats, making a comparative understanding of extant …