Sex and Friendship in Baboons

by Barbara B. Smuts

This work analyzes male-female relationships outside the context of mating in a troop of wild baboons. Barbara Smuts used long-term friendships between males and females, documented over a two-year period, to show how social interactions between members of friendly pairs differed from those of other troop mates, Her findings, now enhanced by 15 years of field studies, suggest that the evolution of male reproductive strategies in baboons can only be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674802756
• ISBN13: 9780674802759
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"