Rank of Mothers and Sons in Bands of Rhesus Monkeys
- 26 July 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 141 (3578), 356-357
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.141.3578.356
Abstract
In bands of free-ranging macaques, adolescent males typically leave their mothers in the central part of the band and assume low social rank at the periphery. But the adolescent sons of high-ranking mothers may remain central and rise to high rank without becoming peripheral.Keywords
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