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Primate mating systems, kin associations, and cooperative behavior: Evidence for kin recognition?
Author(s) -
Gouzoules Sarah
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330270506
Subject(s) - kin recognition , primate , mating , biological dispersal , association (psychology) , evolutionary biology , biology , kin selection , mating system , next of kin , mechanism (biology) , psychology , ecology , population , demography , geography , archaeology , sociology , psychotherapist , philosophy , epistemology
The degree to which cooperative behavior is kin‐correlated in different primate species is reviewed. The mechanisms whereby individuals might recognize related conspecifics are also considered. Different mating systems, in conjunction with dispersal behavior, are hypothesized to produce particular patterns of kin association in primate groups. These patterns determine what classes of kin are likely to be distinguished, as well as which mechanisms of recognition would be predicted. Association or familiarity during development is concluded to be the most important mechanism of kin discrimination in the primates.