| Primeval kinship: How pair-bonding gave birth to human society B Chapais Harvard University Press, 2009 | 822 | 2009 |
| The role of alliances in social inheritance of rank among female primates B Chapais Coalitions and alliances in humans and other animals, 1992 | 349 | 1992 |
| Evolution of multilevel social systems in nonhuman primates and humans CC Grueter, B Chapais, D Zinner International Journal of Primatology 33, 1002-1037, 2012 | 228 | 2012 |
| Monogamy, strongly bonded groups, and the evolution of human social structure B Chapais Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 22 (2), 52-65, 2013 | 222 | 2013 |
| Primate nepotism: what is the explanatory value of kin selection? B Chapais International Journal of Primatology 22, 203-229, 2001 | 197 | 2001 |
| Kinship and behavior in primates B Chapais, CM Berman Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 | 186 | 2004 |
| Alliances as a means of competition in primates: evolutionary, developmental, and cognitive aspects B Chapais American Journal of Physical Anthropology 38 (S21), 115-136, 1995 | 174 | 1995 |
| Reproductive activity in relation to male dominance and the likelihood of ovulation in rhesus monkeys B Chapais Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 12, 215-228, 1983 | 154 | 1983 |
| Relatedness threshold for nepotism in Japanese macaques B CHAPAIS, C GAUTHIER, J Prud’Homme, P VASEY Animal behaviour 53 (5), 1089-1101, 1997 | 151 | 1997 |
| The deep social structure of humankind B Chapais Science 331 (6022), 1276-1277, 2011 | 134 | 2011 |
| An evolutionary model of female dominance relations in primates B Chapais, SR Schulman Journal of Theoretical Biology 82 (1), 47-89, 1980 | 134 | 1980 |
| Rank maintenance in female Japanese macaques: experimental evidence for social dependency B Chapais Behaviour, 41-59, 1988 | 131 | 1988 |
| Competence and the evolutionary origins of status and power in humans B Chapais Human Nature 26, 161-183, 2015 | 127 | 2015 |
| Non-kin alliances, and the stability of matrilineal dominance relations in Japanese macaques B Chapais, M Girard, G Primi Animal Behaviour 41 (3), 481-491, 1991 | 118 | 1991 |
| Experimental matrilineal inheritance of rank in female Japanese macaques B Chapais Animal Behaviour 36 (4), 1025-1037, 1988 | 105 | 1988 |
| Kin selection and the distribution of altruism in relation to degree of kinship in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) B Chapais, L Savard, C Gauthier Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49, 493-502, 2001 | 98 | 2001 |
| Dominance, relatedness and the structure of female relationships in rhesus monkeys B Chapais Primate social relationships: An integrated approach, 208-217, 1983 | 91 | 1983 |
| The deep structure of human society: primate origins and evolution B Chapais Mind the gap: Tracing the origins of human universals, 19-51, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Kinship, competence and cooperation in primates B Chapais Cooperation in primates and humans: mechanisms and evolution, 47-64, 2006 | 88 | 2006 |
| Tolerated co-feeding in relation to degree of kinship in Japanese macaques P Belisle, B Chapais Behaviour 138 (4), 487-509, 2001 | 82 | 2001 |
