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This chapter addresses the following questions:
  • What is comparative primatology, and how can it tell us about human behavior?
  • What is behavioral ecology, and how does it help us understand the evolution of behavior?
  • What are the general behavioral patterns in the living primates?
  • What kinds of societies do primates have, and how can we use specific examples (macaques and chimpanzees) to help us understand primate patterns present in humans?
  • How are human societies similar to and different from those of other primates?









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