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True paternal care in a multi-male primate society.

Nature - 11 Sept 2003

Buchan Jason C, Alberts Susan C, Silk Joan B, Altmann Jeanne

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Although male parental care is rare among mammals, adult males of many cercopithecine primate species provide care for infants and juveniles. This care is often in the form of grooming, carrying, support in agonistic interactions, and protection against infanticide. For these behaviours to be int...

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PMID: 12968180
DOI: 10.1038/nature01866

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