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Maria A Van Noordwijk1, Christopher W Kuzawa, Carel P Van Schaik
1Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Some four decades ago, Jeanne Altmann started her detailed field studies of baboon mothers and their infants with a focus on the behavioral ecology of maternal reproductive investment. Around the same time, Sarah Hrdy studied langur mothers and their infants, focusing on the influence of the social environment on a female's reproductive options and decisions. Their pioneering work has inspired many subsequent studies of female primate reproduction in its natural context and shaped our own work on primate mothers.
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