The evolution of primate societies / edited by John C. Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M. Kappeler, Ryne A. Palombit, and Joan B. Silk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Primate behavioral diversity -- The behavioral ecology of Strepsirrhines and Tarsiers / Peter M. kappeler -- The behavior, ecology, and social evolution of new world monkeys / Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Anthony di Fiore, and Maren Huck -- The behavioral ecology of Colobine monkeys / Elisabeth H. M. Sterck -- The behavior, ecology, and social evolution of Cercopithecine monkeys / Marina Cords -- The apes: taxonomy, biogeography, life histories, and behavioral ecology / David P. Watts -- Surviving and growing up in a difficult and dangerous world -- Food as a selective force in primates / Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman, and Joanna E. Lambert -- Predation / Claudia Fichtel -- Ecological and social influences on sociality / Oliver SchuÌlke and Julia Ostner -- Life-history evolution / Carel P. van Schaik and Karin Isler -- Socialization and development of behavior / Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf and Stephen R. Ross -- Genetic consequences of primate social organization / Anthony di Fiore -- Human survival and life history in evolutionary perspective / Michael Gurven -- Mating and rearing offspring -- From maternal investment to lifetime maternal care / Maria A. van Noordwijk -- Magnitude and sources of variation in female reproductive performance / Anne Pusey -- Mate choice / Peter M. Kappeler -- Mating, parenting, and male reproductive strategies / Martin N. Muller and Melissa Emery Thompson -- Magnitude and sources of variation in male reproductive performance / Susan C. Alberts -- Infanticide: male strategies amd female counterstrategies / Ryne A. Palombit -- The socioecology of human reproduction / Frank W. Marlowe -- Getting along -- Cooperation among kin / Kevin E. Langergraber -- Cooperation among non-kin: reciprocity, markets, and mutualism / Ian C. Gilby -- The regulation of social relationships / Filippo Aureli, Orlaith N. Fraser, Colleen M. Schaffner, and Gabriele Schino -- The adaptive value of sociality / Joan B. Silk -- Social regard: evolving a psychology of cooperation / Keith Jensen -- Human sociality / Michael Alvard -- Cognition -- Solving ecological problems / Charles Menzel -- Knowledge of social relations / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy l. Cheney -- Communication strategies / Klaus ZuberbuÌhler -- Understanding other minds / Josep Call and Laurie R. Santos -- Social learning, traditions, and culture / Andrew Whiten -- Human cultural cognition / Esther Herrmann and Michael Tomasello.