| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Prologue; Studying Sex and Friendship in Baboons; Chapter 2. Baboons; Introduction; Baboon Social Behavior: A Brief Summary; Gilgil Baboons and Their Habitat; The Study of Eburru Cliffs Troop; Chapter 3. Field Work and Data Analysis; Habituation; Recognizing Individuals; Data Collection; Types of Evidence; Presentation of Results; Chapter 4. Defining Friendship; Introduction; Behaviors Used to Define Friendship: Proximity and Grooming; Grooming |
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Spatial Proximity between Adult Females and MalesComparison of Grooming and Proximity; Criteria for Friendship; Characteristics of Friends; Summary and Discussion; Notes on Statistics; Chapter 5. What Made Friends Special; Introduction; Groomer/Groomee Roles; Female and Male Roles in Maintaining Proximity; Interactions Following a Close Approach: Friends Compared with Non-Friends; Summary and Discussion; Notes on Statistics; Chapter 6. Benefits of Friendship to the Female; Introduction; Male Protection of the Female and Her Offspring From Aggression by Other Baboons |
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Friendship and Male Aggression Toward FemalesAggression Toward Infants; Male-Infant Relationships; Summary; Notes on Statistics; Chapter 7. Male-Male Competition for Mates; Introduction; Male Consort Activity, Agonistic Rank, and Age/Residence Status; Male Competitive Tactics: Different Ways of Acquiring Consort Partners; Psychological Components of Male Competitive Tactics; Summary; Notes on Statistics; Chapter 8. Benefits of Friendship to the Male; Introduction; Friendships and Previous Consort Activity; Friendships and Subsequent Consort Activity; Female Choice |
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Adult Male-Infant Interactions: The Role of Paternity Versus Friendship with the MotherMale Contact with Infants during Interactions with Other Males; Summary and Conclusions; Notes on Statistics; Chapter 9. Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends; Introduction; Baboon Adolescence: Making Sexual Friendships for the First Time; Male Immigrants: Making Friends with Strangers; The Impact of Sex: Making and Losing Friends; How Long Do Friendships Last?; Emotions Underlying Sex and Friendship; Conclusion; Notes on Statistics; Chapter 10. Comparative Perspectives; Introduction |
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Long-Term, Male-Female Relationships in MacaquesMale-Female Relationships in Other Nonhuman Primates; The Evolution of Human Male-Female Relationships; Appendixes I-XIV; Appendix I. Method of Estimating Female Ages; Appendix II. Adult Female Dominance Hierarchy from September 1977 through December 1978; Appendix III. Behaviors Recorded Continuously during Focal Samples of Adult Females; Appendix IV. Number of Focal Samples (FS) and Amount of Focal Sampling Time in Minutes (M) on Females at Different Reproductive Stages; Appendix V. Activity Categories Used in Female Focal Samples |
| Summary |
"In the mid-1980s, this book transcended the traditional ethological focus on sexual interactions by analyzing male-female relationships outside the context of mating in a troop of wild baboons. Barbara Smuts used long-term friendships between males and females, documented over a two-year period, to show how social interactions between members of friendly pairs differed from those of other troop mates. Her findings, now enhanced with data from another fifteen years of field studies, suggest that the evolution of male reproductive strategies in baboons can only be understood by considering the relationship between sex and friendship: female baboons prefer to mate with males who have previously engaged in friendly interaction with them and their offspring. Smuts suggests that female choice may promote male investment in other species, and she explores the relevance of her findings for the evolution of male-female relationships in humans."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Appendix VI. Determination of Proximity Score Weighting Factors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Baboons -- Behavior
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Social behavior in animals.
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Baboons -- Behavior
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Sexual behavior in animals
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Social behavior in animals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smuts, Barbara
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| ISBN |
9781351491280 |
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1351491288 |
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