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Maria A Van Noordwijk1, Christopher W Kuzawa, Carel P Van Schaik.
Abstract
Some four decades ago, Jeanne Altmann started her detailed field studies of baboon mothers and their infants with a focus on the behavioral ecology of maternal reproductive investment. Around the same time, Sarah Hrdy studied langur mothers and their infants, focusing on the influence of the social environment on a female's reproductive options and decisions. Their pioneering work has inspired many subsequent studies of female primate reproduction in its natural context and shaped our own work on primate mothers.Entities:
Keywords: cooperative breeding; food processing; life history; provisioning; weaning
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24166921 DOI: 10.1002/evan.21368
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Evol Anthropol ISSN: 1060-1538