Ruth Mace
Ruth Mace
Here I review recent research on reproductive conflict between females in families and how it influences their reproductive behaviour. Kin selection can favor cooperation between parent and offspring, siblings, or unrelated co-residents who...
The Impact of male reproductive skew on kin structure and sociality in multi-male groups [0.03%]
雄性繁殖偏好的性别结构与多雄群的社会性的影响
Anja Widdig
Anja Widdig
Patterns of within-group relatedness are expected to affect the prospects for cooperation among group members through kin selection. It has long been established that dispersal patterns determine the availability of kin and there is ample e...
Jacinta C Beehner,Amy Lu
Jacinta C Beehner
Reproductive performance is the currency of evolution. All things being equal, an organism should reproduce as often as possible. The puzzling questions in evolutionary biology, therefore, are not how and why an organism does reproduce, but...
Joan Silk,Dorothy Cheney,Robert Seyfarth
Joan Silk
Behavioral ecologists have devoted considerable effort to identifying the sources of variation in individual reproductive success. Much of this work has focused on the characteristics of individuals, such as their sex and rank. However, man...
The evolution of the patterning of human lactation: a comparative perspective [0.03%]
从比较角度看人类泌乳模式的演变
Maria A Van Noordwijk,Christopher W Kuzawa,Carel P Van Schaik
Maria A Van Noordwijk
Some four decades ago, Jeanne Altmann started her detailed field studies of baboon mothers and their infants with a focus on the behavioral ecology of maternal reproductive investment. Around the same time, Sarah Hrdy studied langur mothers...
Comparative Study
Evolutionary anthropology. 2013 Sep-Oct;22(5):202-12. DOI:10.1002/evan.21368 2013
Carel van Schaik,Joan B Silk
Carel van Schaik
Susan C Alberts,Joan B Silk
Susan C Alberts
Introduction to special issue [0.03%]
特刊介绍
Joan B Silk
Joan B Silk
Stephanie A Maiolino,Evelyn Pain,Rachel Perlman et al.
Stephanie A Maiolino et al.
Lee Cronk,Beth L Leech
Lee Cronk