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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Primate Studies | |
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| Primates as Study Subjects | |
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| Descriptive Studies | |
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| Box 1.1: Clues from Captivity | |
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| Evolutionary Models and Problem-Oriented Studies | |
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| Conservation Applications | |
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| Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy | |
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| Box 2.1: the Notable Neocortex | |
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| Distinguishing Traits | |
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| Cladistic Analyses | |
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| Box 2.2: Fundamentals of Food Processing | |
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| Phylogenetic Analyses of Behavior | |
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| Primates Past to Present | |
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| Evolutionary History | |
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| Primate Diversity in the Past | |
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| Box 3.1: Mosaic Nature of Human Evolution | |
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| Interpreting Diversity Today | |
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| Box 3.2: Hybrid Baboons | |
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| Box 3.3: Lucky Lemurs | |
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| Evolution and Social Behavior | |
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| Natural Selection | |
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| Box 4.1: MHC Genes | |
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| Box 4.2 Menopause | |
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| Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism | |
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| Box 4.3: Multi-Level Selection | |
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| Individual Strategies and Social Organizations | |
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| Evolution and Sex | |
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| Sexual Selection | |
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| Sexual Dimorphism | |
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| Mating Patterns | |
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| Box 5.1: Gibbon Games and Tarsier Tactics | |
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| Female Mating Strategies | |
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| Male Rank and Reproductive Success | |
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| Food, Foraging, and Females | |
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| Food Quality | |
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| Box 6.1: Forest Pharmacy | |
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| The Spatial Distribution of Food | |
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| The Temporal Availability of Food Resources | |
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| Box 6.2: the Power of Food | |
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| Interpreting Diets and Their Behavioral Correlates | |
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| Female Strategies | |
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| Ecology of Female Relationships | |
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| Social Dynamics in Female Groups | |
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| Box 7.1: Mysterious Matrilineage and Market Theory | |
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| Population Consequences of Female Strategies | |
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| Male Strategies | |
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| Ecology of Male Relationships | |
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| Box 8.1: Using and Misusing Infants | |
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| Social Dynamics Among Males | |
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| Box 8.2: Beyond the Group | |
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| Population Dynamics | |
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| Developmental Stages Through the Lifespan | |
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| Fertilization to Birth | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Box 9.1: Parental Prolactin | |
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| Weaning Conflict | |
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| Juvenile Challenges | |
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| Puberty | |
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| Adulthood and Aging | |
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| Population Consequences of Life Histories | |
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| Communication and Cognition | |
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| Components of Communication Systems | |
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| Modes of Primate Communication | |
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| Cognition | |
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| Implications for the Ethical Treatment of Primates | |
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| Box 10.1: Rehabilitation, Reintroduction, and Sanctuary | |
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| Community Ecology | |
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| Primate Communities | |
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| Box 11.1: Primates and Parasites | |
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| Predator-Prey Interactions | |
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| Box 11.2: Predatory Perspectives | |
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| Primate-Plant Interactions | |
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| Conservation of Communities | |
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| Conservation | |
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| Threats to Primates | |
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| Conservation Policies | |
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| Box 12.1: the Primates' People | |
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| Noninvasive Research | |
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| The Next Millennium | |
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| Appendix: Primate Names | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |