Cooperative behaviour and prosociality in nonhuman primates constitute a vital area of research that illuminates the evolutionary origins of complex sociality. Studies indicate that primates employ a ...

Primates display a wide range of behaviors that can appear extreme but are rooted in survival and social competition. Some ...

The study of primate societies / Dorothy L. Cheney [and others] -- pt. 1. Evolution of diversity. Lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers : diverse societies in solitary foragers / Simon K. Beader -- ...

Monkey see, monkey do?or does she? Can the behavior of non-human primates?their sociality, their intelligence, their communication?really be chalked up to simple mimicry? Emphatically, absolutely: no.

Recent research has shattered previous assumptions about primate social complexity, revealing that chimpanzees and bonobos form distinct “circles of friends” much like human social networks. This ...