Introductory

• Chalmers, N. (1979). Social behaviour in primates, chaps 1 (Preliminaries), 2 (Primate groups: size, composition and use of space). .......156.2, going to TRC
• Cheney et al (1987), The study of primate societies, in Smuts et al. Many other chapters in Smuts et al are relevant this week.
• EITHER Byrne, R. W. (1995). The thinking ape. Chapters 9 (What use is a theory of mind?) & 13 (Machiavellian intelligence). .......156.39/TRC/Roboro

OR Byrne in Corballis & Lea
• Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (1997).  Primate cognition. Oxford University Press: New York.  Chapter 1 (Introduction). .......on order/SEGL
• Reynolds, V. (1980). The biology of human action (2nd edn). Chaps 4-6 (The evolution of human action). 301.042REY/TRC
• Clutton-Brock & Harvey (1977). Primate ecology and social organization. J. Zool., 183, .......BJ

also in their edited book, Readings in sociobiology, pp. 342-383) [difficult] .......TRC/Roboro

Primate social behaviour: General

• Short (1979) Sexual selection and its component parts, somatic and genital selection, as illustrated by man and the great apes. In J. Rosenblatt et al (Eds), Adv. Stud. Behav, 9, 131-158. .......156ADV+SEd
• Chalmers, N. (1979). Social behaviour in primates, chaps 7 (The adaptiveness of primate social behaviour), 3 (The social structure of primate groups). .......156.2/TRC
• Demarest (1977) Incest avoidance among humans and non-human primates, in S. Chevalier-Skolnikoff & F. E. Poirier, Primate bio-social development .......156.2PRI/X
• Clutton-Brock & Harvey (1976), Evolutionary rules and primate societies, in P. P. G. Bateson & R. A. Hinde (Eds.) Growing points in ethology .......591.5GRO

or in their edited book, Readings in sociobiology, pp. 293-310 .......TRC/Roboro

Primate behaviour: Specific issues and particular species

• Goodall, J. (1991). Through a window (note especially chapter 18, Bridging the gap) [or other books by Goodall or Van Lawick-Goodall] .......599.884LAW
• Fossey, D. (1983). Gorillas in the mist. .......599.884FOS
• Schaller, G. B. (1963). The mountain gorilla, chap 6 .......599.88465
• Dunbar, R. I. M. (1984). Reproductive decision.. in gelada baboons, chaps 7, 11 .......599.884DUN
• Wrangham, R. W. (1993). The evolution of sexuality in chimpanzees and bonobos. Human Nature, 4, 47-79. .......SEGL
• Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (1997).  Primate cognition, Oxford University Press: New York.  Chapters 11 (Theories of primate social cognition) & 12 (Nonhuman primate cognition).  .......on order/SEGL

Evolving towards humans?

• Bourlière (1976). How to remain a prosimian in a simian world. In R. D. Martin, R. D., et al (Eds). Prosimian behaviour, pp. 17-22. ........ SEGL
• Blount (1990). Issues in bonobo (Pan paniscus) sexual behavior. American Anthropologist, 92, 702-714. .......S-P305A60
• Ghighlieri (1987). Sociobiology of the great apes and the hominid ancestor. J. Hum. Evol., 16, 319-357 .......S-P150.5J38
• Lewin, R. (1989). Human evolution, 2nd edn. Chaps 13-23 (all short: book sections Hominid Beginnings, The hominid bush, & Modern humans in prospect). ........573.2LEW/X
• Dunbar, R. I. M. (1996). Gossip, grooming and the evolution of language. .......401.4DUN
• Crook, J. H. (1980). The evolution of human consciousness, Chaps 6 (The behavioural elaboration of hunting hominds...) , 7 (Sociobiology and human social evolution). and, if time 4 (Monkeys, apes and man) and 5 (The ascent of humanity). TRC/Roboro
• Walker, S. F. (1983). Animal thought, chap. 10 (Animal thought and human thought: Conclusions). .....156.34WAL

Questions for discussion

1. Does social behaviour reflect taxonomy within the primates?
2. Is there evidence of increasing intelligence within the primates as they get more human-like?
3. From the primate evidence, what is likely to be the "natural" social organization for humans?

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