Macaque Societies by Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh, Werner Kaum... - 9780521521680

Macaque SocietiesA Model for the Study of Social Organization\nAuthor(s): Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh, Werner Kaumanns\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521521680, 978-0521521680\nSynopsis\nAnimal and human societies are multifaceted. In order to understand how they have evolved, it is necessary to investigate each of the constituent facets including individual abilities and personalities, life-history traits, mating systems, demographic dynamics, gene flows, social relationships, ecology and phylogeny. By exploring the nature and evolution of macaque social organization, this book develops our knowledge of the rise of societies and their transformation during the course of evolution. Macaques are the most comprehensively studied of all monkey groups, and the 20 known species feature a broad diversity in their social relationships, making them a particularly good group for exploring the evoluti.