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What is a juvenile? Why do primates take so long to grow up? What forces shape the behavior of juvenile primates, and how do experiences during these early years influence life as an adult? Juvenile Primates is the first book to focus specifically on the primate juvenile period. Using a life-history approach, contributors to this volume consider the paradoxes inherent in the unusually long juvenile process exhibited by primates as they present new data on the challenges faced by juveniles across a broad range of species. Individual chapters focus on prosimians, Old and New World monkeys, apes, and humans, and topics include the development of sex differences, meeting needs for safety, establishing and maintaining social relationships, managing social conflict, and developing skills for adult life. The book concludes with a look at children and how cross-cultural differences in physical and behavioral development can be understood in terms of evolutionary theory. The result is a landmark in primate studies, one that shows how understanding juvenile development yields insight into entire life histories. The book will be of interest to anthropologists, biologists, primatologists, and psychologists.
This volume investigates the evolutionary and developmental significance of the juvenile period in primates, addressing why this stage is uniquely prolonged and how early experiences dictate adult life history. Edited by Lynn A. Fairbanks and Michael E. Pereira, the text synthesizes research from various primatologists to examine the paradoxes of growth and maturation. By applying a life-history framework, the contributors analyze how environmental and social pressures shape the behavioral development of young primates across diverse species.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this volume as a foundational text for understanding the specific developmental niche of the juvenile primate. Researchers and students in the fields of anthropology and biology frequently cite this work for its comprehensive, multi-species approach to life-history theory.
Page Count:
448
Publication Date:
1993-07-29
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195072065
ISBN-13:
9780195072068
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