Infanticide by males and its implications: Infanticide by male primates: the sexual selection hypothesis revisited

摘要: Introduction The aim of this chapter is to evaluate the evidence for sexual selection hypothesis infanticide by male primates, in relation other hypotheses phenomenon. emerges largely vindicated. second part then sets stage rest book summarizing observed behavior during episodes infanticide, decision rules used males, and effects social organization on rates pointing out some remaining difficulties with its present form. Critics have repeatedly pointed that primates often circumstantial at best, researchers may jumped conclusions basis premature extrapolation from snippets observations (Boggess 1979, 1984; Bartlett et al. 1993; Sussman 1995). This makes it difficult critically a committing will average gain reproductively doing so. Of course, has made equally hypotheses. In chapter, I therefore males non-human careful review most appropriate sources evidence: directly cases wild primates. conditions which are expected raise male's fitness been reviewed extensively before (Hausfater & Hrdy 1984).