Not in their genes: Phenotypic flexibility, behavioural traditions and cultural evolution in wild bonnet macaques

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-64

  Sinha, Anindya ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Behavioural transmission; Bonnet macaque; Cultural evolution; Macaca radiata; Phenotypic flexibility; Social traditions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA RADIATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 17644375467     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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