Female and male primates often form close bonds, but not purely out of affection. Close relationships usually evolve when there is a clear benefit for both parties, with protection and reproductive ...

Our understanding of female–male power relationships in animals has changed over time. Evolutionary biologists once thought that male mammals held clear-cut power over females. Later, species with ...

I recently had the honor of speaking with Frans de Waal, one of the world’s foremost experts in primatology, on The Nature & Nurture Podcast. We spoke about his new book Different: Gender Through the ...

No alpha males here: A male black lemur pictured in the foreground, with a female behind him - Copyright AFP ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS No alpha males here: A male ...

Scientists from University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University, and elsewhere have developed what they claim is the first comprehensive road map of how the ovarian reserve forms in primates ...

pt. 1 : Background. A brief history of primate field studies / Robert Sussman -- Socioecology history / Joyce Parga and Deborah Overdorff -- Primate evolution and taxonomy / Walter Hartwig -- pt. 2 : ...

Observations of “alpha male” behavior among apes — including some of humans’ closest relatives in the animal kingdom — have helped shape the archetype of the dominant male into a controversial ...

Cross-culturally, young boys prefer cars and girls prefer dolls. This is even true across species; De Waal describes how young female primates are fascinated with dolls and babies, and will even ...