This chapter reviews the last 15 years of research inspired by social dominance theory, a
general theory of societal group-based inequality. In doing so, we sketch the broad outlines …

Darwin was struck by the many similarities between humans and other primates and
believed that these similarities were the product of common ancestry. He would be even …

This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and
discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this oppression so mind …

Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this
question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher …

Renewed interest in fission-fusion dynamics is due to the recognition that such dynamics
may create unique challenges for social interaction and distinctive selective pressures …

The last decade's lemur research includes successes in discovering new living and extinct
species and learning about the distribution, biogeography, physiology, behavior, and …

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

Human senescence patterns—late onset of mortality increase, slow mortality acceleration,
and exceptional longevity—are often described as unique in the animal world. Using an …

Variation in male mating success is often related to rank differences. Males who are unable
to monopolize oestrous females alone may engage in coalitions, thus enhancing their …

Cooperative mate guarding by males is unusual in mammals and birds, largely because
fertilizations are non-shareable. Chimpanzees live in fission-fusion communities that have …