A Papionin Multilevel Society as a Model for Hominin Social Evolution

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1165-1193

  Swedell, Larissa ^a,b   Plummer, Thomas ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandmother hypothesis; Homo erectus; Human social evolution; Pair bonding; Papio hamadryas; Reproductive strategies; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; PLIOCENE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

HAMADRYAS; HOMO ERECTUS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 84866726074     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9600-9     Document Type: Article

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