Submissive BehaviorBiology 342 Fall 07Clare Parker and Natalie Morgenstern |
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Submissive Behaviors in Old World MonkeysSubmissive and aggressive behaviors are important in primate social structure. The dominance hierarchies that emerge help the group keep peace, order and cooperation. Rank is determined not by who acts aggressive, but by who submits. Dominant behaviors tend to get most of the attention in the scientific community because of the flashy behaviors compared to the much more subtle submissive acts. This website attempts to link submissive behaviors together over different species of Old World Monkeys. In primate social groups, there is likely to be conflict, with one individual behaving agressively towards This website will discuss the ontogeny, phylogeny, mechanism, and adaptive value of submissive behaviors and status heirarchies in Old World monkeys. Yellow baboon; image from Primate Info Net |