Hylobatid communities
Changing views on pair bonding and social organization in hominoids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8320684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Fuentes (0000-0003-0955-8214, Central Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | S31 |
| Pages | 33-60 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1096-8644(2000)43:31+<33::aid-ajpa3>3.0.co;2-d |
| PMID | 11123837 |
| OpenAlex | W2138225349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 25 |
Social organization involving pair bonding and two-adult groups is rare in mammals. Current sociobiological theory suggests that this grouping and behavior pattern is somewhat anomalous. The gibbons (genus Hylobates) are the only hominoids to exhibit pair bonds and two-adult groups. In this article I present an overview of the current issues in monogamy and pair-bond theory, and review traditional conceptualizations and the accumulated data relevant to gibbon social organization. The significance of hominoid behavioral phylogeny and population-wide studies is also considered. Recent findings indicate that pair-bonding and two-adult groups are not ubiquitous among the hylobatids. Many aspects of gibbon behavior and ecology do not conform to expectations of the conditions under which two-adult groups and/or pair-bonding patterns should evolve. A review of the information available from long-term and short-term studies of gibbons suggests an alternative way of viewing their socioecology. I propose that gibbons currently exist in variable communities that have arisen via ecological pressures and specific behavioral patterns from an ancestral multimale/multi-female grouping pattern. This social organization is not best characterized as "monogamous." This review also suggests that hominoid grouping patterns can be viewed as occurring along a continuum rather than as being discretely different units.
Behavioral ecology · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Hylobates · Population · Primate · Social organization · Sociobiology · Sociology · Zoology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Anthropology · Demography · Ecology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 49 |
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| Citations per year | 1,96 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |