Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development, and Behavior - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195072065 ISBN 13: 9780195072068

Publisher: OUP USA, 1993

Synopsis

This volume brings together an outstanding group of scientists studying the behavioural development of primates between weaning and adulthood. The book begins by examining the nature of the juvenile period across the animal kingdom, continues with presentation of new data on the behaviour and social relationships of juvenile primates across a broad range of species, and concludes with applications of concepts in socioecology to research on children. The result is a landmark in primate studies, one that offers an important corrective to the idea that it is sufficient to concentrate on the life stages of adult and infant.

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From the Back Cover

What is a juvenile? Why do primates take so long to grow up? What forces shape the behavior of juvenile primates, and how do experiences during these early years influence life as an adult? Juvenile Primates is the first book to focus specifically on the juvenile period. Using a life-history approach, contributors to this volume consider the paradoxes inherent in the unusually long juvenile process exhibited by primates, as they present new data on the challenges faced by juveniles across a broad range of species. Individual chapters focus on prosimians, Old and New World monkeys, apes, and humans, and topics include the development of sex differences, meeting needs for safety, establishing and maintaining social relationships, managing social conflict, and developing skills for adult life. The book concludes with a look at children and how cross-cultural differences in physical and behavioral development can be understood in terms of evolutionary theory. The result is a landmark in primate studies, one that shows how understanding juvenile development yields insight into entire life histories. Juvenile Primates will be of interest to anthropologists, biologists, primatologists, and psychologists.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195072065
• ISBN 13: 9780195072068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Pereira Michael E., Fairbanks Lynn A.