This chapter addresses the following questions:
- What is comparative primatology, and how can it tell us about human behavior?
- What is behavioral ecology, and how does it help us understand the evolution of behavior?
- What are the general behavioral patterns in the living primates?
- What kinds of societies do primates have, and how can we use specific examples (macaques and chimpanzees) to help us understand primate patterns present in humans?
- How are human societies similar to and different from those of other primates?
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