The Sociobiology of Infant and Adult Male Baboons

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

This volume analyzes the behavioral interactions between infant and adult male baboons. The result is the first quantitative description of infant-adult male relations for any higher primate, including humans. The idea that emerges is that infant-adult male relations are far more complex than the mere paternal caretaking or exploitation that has previously been assumed, and these relations are specific, long-term, reciprocal, and beneficial to both infants and the adult males. The book also deals with many current topics of interest, including parental investment, kidnapping, altruism, food sharing, agonistic buffering, adoption, and infanticide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893912659
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1984
Series:	Monographs on Infancy
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

ein /f David /i Martin