Primates have evolved diverse cognitive capabilities to navigate their complex social world.
To understand how the brain implements critical social cognitive abilities, we describe …

Ornaments, weapons and aggressive behaviours may evolve in female animals by mate
choice and intrasexual competition for mating opportunities—the standard forms of sexual …

Gloger's rule is an ecogeographical rule that links animal colouration with climatic variation.
This rule is named after CWL Gloger who was one of the first to summarise the associations …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Mammalian colors and color patterns are some of the most diverse and conspicuous traits
found in nature and have been widely studied from genetic/developmental and evolutionary …

Variation in communicative complexity has been conceptually and empirically attributed to
social complexity, with animals living in more complex social environments exhibiting more …

Across kingdoms, organisms ameliorate UV stress by increasing UV-absorbing
pigmentation. Rapid ozone degradation during the 20 th century resulted in elevated UV …

Ecogeographic rules explain spatial trends in biodiversity, species interactions and
phenotypes 1. Gloger's rule and its corollaries state that pigmentation of endothermic …

Primates are noted for their varied and complex pelage and bare skin coloration but the
significance of this diverse coloration remains opaque. Using new updated information …

Sexual dimorphism in ornamentation in primates may have been sexually selected as
signals of rank and dominance to males or by augmenting attractiveness to females. While …