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Juvenile primates. Life history, development, and behavior

Juvenile primates. Life history, development, and behavior International Journal of PrimatoloD,, Vol. 16, No. L 1995 Book Review Juvenile Primates. Life History, Development, and Behavior. Edited by Michael E. Pereira and Lynn A. Fairbanks. Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, xvi + 428 pp., $65.00 (hardcover). The editors indicate that this book is intended to stimulate research on juveniles as a counterbalance to the usual focus on adult and infant behavior. Pereira, in his concluding chapter, states that whereas earlier studies focused on socialization effects, the present biological perspective asks what juveniles need to survive and to reproduce. He indicates that theories from both perspectives have yet to be tested. The first set of chapters identifies growth, survival, feeding capabili- ties, reproductive competence, and the skills and time necessary to maximize lifetime reproductive success as the interrelated variables in theo- ries based on evolutionary biology. Individuals must survive the juvenile period and maximize reproduction during adult years, but environmental constraints produce a multifactorial model that defies any simply mathe- matical solution. The juvenile period, like play, seems to entail high costs and one usu- ally searches for compensating benefits. Whereas play and other activities of a juvenile may contribute to abilities in adult life, several authors http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Primatology Springer Journals

Juvenile primates. Life history, development, and behavior

Bernstein, Irwin
International Journal of Primatology , Volume 16 (1) – Feb 1, 1995
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Life Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Zoology; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Anthropology; Animal Ecology; Human Genetics
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International Journal of PrimatoloD,, Vol. 16, No. L 1995 Book Review Juvenile Primates. Life History, Development, and Behavior. Edited by Michael E. Pereira and Lynn A. Fairbanks. Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, xvi + 428 pp., $65.00 (hardcover). The editors indicate that this book is intended to stimulate research on juveniles as a counterbalance to the usual focus on adult and infant behavior. Pereira, in his concluding chapter, states that whereas earlier studies focused on socialization effects, the present biological perspective asks what juveniles need to survive and to reproduce. He indicates that theories from both perspectives have yet to be tested. The first set of chapters identifies growth, survival, feeding capabili- ties, reproductive competence, and the skills and time necessary to maximize lifetime reproductive success as the interrelated variables in theo- ries based on evolutionary biology. Individuals must survive the juvenile period and maximize reproduction during adult years, but environmental constraints produce a multifactorial model that defies any simply mathe- matical solution. The juvenile period, like play, seems to entail high costs and one usu- ally searches for compensating benefits. Whereas play and other activities of a juvenile may contribute to abilities in adult life, several authors

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Published: Feb 1, 1995

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