• DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)7:4<117::AID-EVAN2>3.0.CO;2-O
Corpus ID: 14879888

Infanticide and the evolution of pair bonds in nonhuman primates

@article{Palombit1999InfanticideAT,
  title={Infanticide and the evolution of pair bonds in nonhuman primates},
  author={R. Palombit},
  journal={Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues},
  year={1999},
  volume={7}
}

R. Palombit

Published 1999

Biology

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues

Social relationships between adult males and females vary widely among mammals. In general, interactions between the sexes, particularly those of an affiliative nature, are associated with and, indeed, often limited to the period of copulation or female estrus.1 Nevertheless, cohesive male‐female bonds persist beyond estrus in some species, particularly nonhuman primates,2 for reasons that remain largely obscure. Protection from male infanticide has been offered as a potential benefit to… CONTINUE READING

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