Infanticide in non-human primates occurs when an individual kills its own or another individual's dependent young. Five hypotheses have been proposed...

especially primates (primate infanticide) but including microscopic rotifers, insects, fish, amphibians, birds and mammals. Infanticide can be practiced...

apes). Primates arose 74–63 million years ago first from small terrestrial mammals, which adapted for life in tropical forests: many primate characteristics...

coital vocalizations, are produced by female primates, including human females, and female non-primates. They are not purposeful, but instead are evolutionary...

to confuse paternity and thus reduce infanticide in primates. He explains that as ovulation is always concealed in women, men can only determine paternity...

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that...

studies, with the goal of better understanding the phenomenon of infanticide in primates. Working under the supervision of DeVore, Trivers and Wilson provided...

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natal groups, perhaps to avoid infanticide or inbreeding, reduce competition for food, or elevation of their social status. In Sabah, Malaysia, proboscis...

and critique of attempts to promote and engineer self-recognition in primates". Primates. 56 (4): 317–326. doi:10.1007/s10329-015-0488-9. hdl:2433/202619...

systems in the sexual selection of primates. Extant primates exhibit a broad range of variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD), or sexual divergence in body...

fact, many solitary primates maintain social networks by using vocal or olfactory signals to communicate. Examples of solitary primates: orangutans, galagos...

comparable to other primates, but have an increased preference for killing adults, infanticide being more common among other primates. Phylogenetic analysis...

separately in every major clade. Primates also experience higher rates of infanticide than most other animals, with infanticide rates as high as 63% in some...

"Infanticide in chimpanzees: Review of cases and a new within-group observation from the Kanyawara study group in Kibale National Park". Primates. 40...

many other primates, coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), and others. In some mammal species, it is common for males to commit infanticide to mate with...

chimpanzees. Gorillas are the largest living primates, reaching heights between 1.25 and 1.8 m (4 ft 1 in and 5 ft 11 in), weights between 100 and 270 kg (220...

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Polyandry also occurs in some mammals including primates such as marmosets and the marsupial genera Antechinus and bandicoots, and in around 1% of all bird...

symbiotic bacteria to release the nutrients in their diet. Additionally, as has been observed in folivorous primates, they exhibit a strong preference for immature...

male may achieve this in many different ways, including: competitive infanticide: in lions, hippopotamuses, and some monkeys, the new male will kill the...

one of the highest of the primates. As with all apes, the number of caudal vertebrae has been reduced drastically, resulting in the loss of a functional...

Polygyny is known to occur in several Callithrix species. Infanticide is also known to occur, at least within C. jacchus, in which the dominant female...

relationships have also been proven to decrease risk of infanticide in several primates. Altruism in the biological sense refers to a behavior performed by...

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twins are a rare occurrence. Unlike many other primates, male orangutans do not seem to practise infanticide. This may be because they cannot ensure they...

will most likely be killed. Infanticide in geladas remains fairly uncommon, though, compared to many primates that live in one-male units such as gorillas...

at a distance by putting the young in the center of the pack). Unusually for a harem-forming species, infanticide by males is averted. Female snub-nose...