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Understanding the diversity and evolution of mating systems in the primate order is a key question in biological anthropology. Mating systems evolve from selection on males and females to maximize reproductive success and are ultimately shaped by natural and sexual selection. Co…

Before this study, the Guinea or Western baboon, Papio papio, was almost unknown in its natural environment. This thesis reports a nineteen-month field study of two troops of P. papio carried out in south-eastern Senegal. The monkeys were followed on foot, and aspects of their f…

Cortisol archived in hair represents circulating concentrations averaged over the growth period of the hair. Measurement of cortisol in hair is finding wider application in animal studies of stable behavioral trends or the effects of chronic stressors. In primatology the method …