Human infants rely on social interactions to acquire food‐related information. 1, 2 Adults
actively teach children about food through culturally diverse feeding practices …

Abstract “Monogamy” and pair bonding have long been of interest to anthropologists and
primatologists. Their study contributes to our knowledge of human evolutionary biology and …

Among vertebrates, fish show by far the greatest variability of alternative reproductive tactics
(ARTs). Usually, males attempting to monopolize access to females or fertilizations are …

Als junger Doktorand im ausgehenden letzten Jahrhundert war das Leben noch
übersichtlich. In der Bibliothek meiner Universität wurden jeden Dienstag die neusten …

Understanding the evolution of mating systems, a central topic in evolutionary biology for
more than 50 years, requires examining the genetic consequences of mating and the …

Behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and anthropologists have been long
fascinated by the existence of “monogamy” in the animal kingdom. Multiple studies have …

We studied patterns of genetic relatedness and paternity in moustached tamarins, small
Neotropical primates living in groups of 1–4 adult males and 1–4 adult females. Generally …

Titi monkeys (Callicebus spp.) are one of two primate genera that live almost exclusively in
groups with one adult-size individual of each sex and exhibit extensive biparental care of …

Communal nesting, where several mothers regularly pool and cooperatively rear offspring,
is unusual in mammals. This type of crèching behavior is especially rare among primates …

Transferring food is considered a defining characteristic of humans, as such behavior is
relatively uncommon in other animal species save for kin-based transfer. Chimpanzees (Pan …