Joan Silk

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Joan Silk is affiliated with the following schools: Emory University, University of California, Los Angeles, Princeton University, University of California, Davis, Duke University, Arizona State University, University of Cambridge

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PhD Anthropology University of California, Davis
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According to Wikipedia, Joan B. Silk is an American primatologist, Regents Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University . Her research interests include evolutionary anthropology, animal behavior, and primatology. Together with her anthropologist husband, Robert T. Boyd , she wrote the textbook How Humans Evolved.

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Social Bonds of Female Baboons Enhance Infant Survival (2003) (962)
The adaptive value of sociality in mammalian groups (2007) (616)
Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons (2010) (598)
The benefits of social capital: close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival (2009) (566)
Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members (2005) (503)
Social Components of Fitness in Primate Groups (2007) (434)
Social relationships among adult female baboons (papio cynocephalus) I. Variation in the strength of social bonds (2006) (408)
True paternal care in a multi-male primate society (2003) (366)
Social relationships among adult female baboons (Papio cynocephalus) II. Variation in the quality and stability of social bonds (2006) (324)
Local Resource Competition and Facultative Adjustment of Sex Ratios in Relation to Competitive Abilities (1983) (304)
Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies (2013) (284)
Factors Affecting Reproduction and Mortality Among Baboons in the Okavango Delta, Botswana (2004) (275)
Kin Selection in Primate Groups (2002) (274)
Altruism Among Female Macaca Radiata: Explanations and Analysis of Patterns of Grooming and Coalition Formation (1982) (234)
The role of grunts in reconciling opponents and facilitating interactions among adult female baboons (1995) (208)
USING THE ' F' -WORD IN PRIMATOLOGY (2002) (204)
Chimpanzees do not take advantage of very low cost opportunities to deliver food to unrelated group members (2008) (201)
Female chacma baboons form strong, equitable, and enduring social bonds (2010) (190)
THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FEMALE SAVANNA BABOONS IN MOREMI RESERVE, BOTSWANA (1999) (185)
Patterns of coalition formation by adult female baboons in Amboseli, Kenya (2004) (184)
The evolution of primate societies (2012) (180)
On the Move. How and Why Animals Travel in Groups. (2000) (173)
A practical guide to the study of social relationships (2013) (173)
Male bonnet macaques use information about third-party rank relationships to recruit allies (1999) (172)
Differential reproductive success and facultative adjustment of sex ratios among captive female bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) (1981) (171)
Cheap talk when interests conflict (2000) (163)
Adoption and Kinship in Oceania (1980) (159)
Evolutionary foundations of human prosocial sentiments (2011) (157)
A method for assigning cardinal dominance ranks (1983) (155)
The responses of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) to anomalous social interactions: evidence for causal reasoning? (1995) (152)
Patterns of food sharing among mother and infant chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. (1978) (141)
Reconsidering the null hypothesis: Is maternal rank associated with birth sex ratios in primate groups? (2002) (137)
The form and function of post-conflict interactions between female baboons (1996) (121)
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) do not develop contingent reciprocity in an experimental task (2009) (120)
Nepotistic cooperation in non-human primate groups (2009) (117)
Male chimpanzees exchange political support for mating opportunities (2007) (114)
Why are infants so attractive to others? The form and function of infant handling in bonnet macaques (1999) (113)
Infanticide by males and its implications: Male infanticide and defense of infants in chacma baboons (2000) (110)
The Patterning of Intervention among Male Bonnet Macaques: Reciprocity, Revenge, and Loyalty (1992) (108)
The Influence of Kinship, Rank, and Sex On Affiliation and Aggression Between Adult Female and Immature Bonnet Macaques (Macaca Radiata) (1981) (105)
Continuity and change in dominance relations among female baboons (1987) (103)
Cooperatively breeding cottontop tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) do not donate rewards to their long-term mates. (2009) (102)
The development of contingent reciprocity in children (2013) (102)
Variation in personality and fitness in wild female baboons (2012) (100)
3 Cooperation without Counting The Puzzle of Friendship (2003) (98)
Time-matched grooming in female primates? New analyses from two species (2004) (98)
The social intelligence hypothesis (1997) (97)
Mind the gap : tracing the origins of human universals (2010) (96)
The form and function of reconciliation in primates (2002) (94)
The ontogeny of human prosociality: behavioral experiments with children aged 3 to 8 (2012) (92)
Chimpanzees share food for many reasons: the role of kinship, reciprocity, social bonds and harassment on food transfers (2013) (90)
Social Relationships of Male Bonnet Macaques: Male Bonding in a Matrilineal Society (1994) (88)
Human adoption in evolutionary perspective (1990) (86)
Network connections, dyadic bonds and fitness in wild female baboons (2016) (83)
Local resource competition and local resource enhancement shape primate birth sex ratios (2008) (79)
Practice random acts of aggression and senseless acts of intimidation: The logic of status contests in social groups (2003) (76)
Kidnapping and female competition among captive bonnet macaques (2006) (76)
Universal norm psychology leads to societal diversity in prosocial behaviour and development (2019) (75)
Practicing Hamilton’s rule: kin selection in primate groups (2006) (73)
Gestation length in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (1993) (72)
Pup production, sex ratios, and survivorship in African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus (2008) (67)
Adoption and Fosterage in Human Societies: Adaptations or Enigmas? (1987) (66)
Stability of partner choice among female baboons (2012) (61)
Local resource competition and the evolution of male-biased sex ratios. (1984) (58)
The evolution of altruistic social preferences in human groups (2016) (58)
Maternal Investment in Captive Bonnet Macaques (Macaca radiata) (1988) (57)
Natal Attraction in Adult Female Baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) in the Moremi Reserve, Botswana (2003) (55)
The evolution of human cooperation (2019) (54)
Impatient traders or contingent reciprocators? Evidence for the extended time-course of grooming exchanges in baboons (2009) (53)
Empathy, sympathy, and prosocial preferences in primates (2007) (53)
Why Polyandry Fails: Sources of Instability in Polyandrous Marriages (1997) (50)
Feeding, foraging, and food sharing behavior of immature chimpanzees. (1979) (50)
Changes in the dominance rank and reproductive behaviour of male bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) (1984) (48)
The Evolution of Cooperation in Primate Groups (2002) (47)
Social bonds in female baboons: the interaction between personality, kinship and rank (2014) (46)
Evidence for intrasexual selection in wild female baboons (2012) (46)
Book-Review - the Physics of Immortality - Modern Cosmology God and the Resurrection of the Dead (1995) (46)
Grooming exchange between mothers and non-mothers: the price of natal attraction in wild baboons (Papio anubis) (2009) (46)
Why do primates reconcile? (1996) (45)
The Strategic Dynamics of Cooperation in Primate Groups (2007) (43)
Adoption Among the Inuit (1987) (41)
Task Design Influences Prosociality in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (2014) (41)
Male rank, not paternity, predicts male–immature relationships in mountain gorillas, Gorilla beringei beringei (2015) (40)
12 – Cooperation, Competition, and Mate Choice in Matrilineal Macaque Groups (1983) (40)
Maternal rank and local resource competition do not predict birth sex ratios in wild baboons (2005) (40)
Fosterage as a System of Dispersed Cooperative Breeding (2014) (40)
The role of cognition and emotion in cooperation (2003) (37)
Does participation in coalitions influence dominance relationships among male Bonnet macaques (1993) (37)
Reproduction, Mortality, and Female Reproductive Success in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta, Botswana (2006) (36)
Growth structures in a Friedmann universe (1981) (36)
Strategic Use of Affiliative Vocalizations by Wild Female Baboons (2016) (35)
The function of peaceful post-conflict contacts among primates (1997) (33)
Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies (2019) (30)
The role of tracking and tolerance in relationship among friends (2012) (30)
Triadic interactions among Macaca radiata: Passports and buffers (1984) (28)
Male–immature relationships in multi‐male groups of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) (2011) (28)
The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis (2021) (28)
Life-history evolution in primates (2012) (27)
Male-female relationships in olive baboons (Papio anubis): Parenting or mating effort? (2019) (26)
Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment (2020) (26)
The bystander effect in an N-person dictator game (2013) (26)
Evolutionary perspectives on the links between close social bonds, health, and fitness (2014) (25)
Social mechanisms of population regulation in a captive group of bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) (1988) (24)
Sources of variation in interbirth intervals among captive bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata). (1990) (23)
Quality versus quantity: do weak bonds enhance the fitness of female baboons? (2018) (22)
From Grooming to Giving Blood: The Origins of Human Altruism (2010) (22)
Hierarchical organization of femaleMacaca radiata in captivity (2006) (22)
Social Preferences in Primates (2009) (22)
The Function of Peaceful Post-Conflict Interactions: An Alternate View (2000) (22)
Studying extant species to model our past. (2010) (21)
Sociality in primates (2017) (20)
Reciprocal altruism (2013) (20)
Making amends (1998) (19)
Reproductive synchrony in captive macaques (1989) (18)
Relationships Between Adult Male and Maturing Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) Persist Across Developmental Stages and Social Upheaval (2016) (18)
Activities and feeding behavior of free-ranging pregnant baboons (1987) (17)
Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates (2021) (16)
Who Are More Helpful, Humans or Chimpanzees? (2006) (16)
Shifts in Male Reproductive Tactics over the Life Course in a Polygynandrous Mammal (2020) (16)
MEASUREMENT OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL SELECTION AND KIN SELECTION AMONG FEMALES OF THE GENUS MACACA (1984) (15)
Female–male relationships influence the form of female–female relationships in olive baboons, Papio anubis (2017) (15)
Sexual Selection in Primates: Sex ratios in primate groups (2004) (15)
Animal Behavior: Conflict Management Is for the Birds (2007) (13)
Correlates of agonistic and competitive interactions in pregnant baboons (1987) (13)
Females, food, family, and friendship (2002) (12)
Eating for two: Behavioral and environmental correlates of gestation length among free-ranging baboons (Papio cynocephalus) (1986) (10)
The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Prosocial Behavior (2012) (10)
Interpretative problems with chimpanzee ultimatum game (2013) (9)
Mother-infant relationships in bonnet macaques: Sources of variation in proximity (1991) (9)
The origins of caregiving behavior. (1992) (9)
Primate Behavior and Human Universals: Exploring the Gap (2010) (8)
Maternal Condition Does Not Influence Birth Sex Ratios in Anubis Baboons (Papio anubis) (2010) (8)
Chimps don't just get mad, they get even (2007) (8)
To grunt or not to grunt: Factors governing call production in female olive baboons, Papio anubis (2018) (7)
Infant Mortality Risk and Paternity Certainty Are Associated with Postnatal Maternal Behavior toward Adult Male Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) (2016) (7)
Which humans adopt adaptively, and does it matter? (1990) (7)
Extended male–female bonds and potential for prolonged paternal investment in a polygynandrous primate (Papio anubis) (2021) (6)
Social regard: Evolving a psychology of cooperation (2012) (6)
WBI Studies Repository WBI Studies Repository Social Knowledge Social Knowledge (2017) (5)
Pathways to paternal care in primates (2022) (5)
Effects of early life adversity on maternal effort and glucocorticoids in wild olive baboons (2020) (5)
Infanticide Article Disputed (1999) (5)
Resource competition shapes female–female aggression in olive baboons, Papio anubis (2021) (4)
21. Bonnet Macaques: Evolutionary Perspectives on Females’ Lives (2002) (4)
The Pedagogy of Failure in the Global Market (2011) (3)
Looking inside the black box: Mechanisms linking social behavior to health and fitness (2014) (3)
The upside of aging (2020) (3)
Evolution: Taxonomies of cognition (2016) (3)
Early life adversity has long-term effects on sociality and interaction style in female baboons (2021) (3)
The path to sociality: Evolutionary biology (2011) (3)
Too many women? The sex ratio question: By Marcia Guttentag and Paul F. Secord. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publication, 1983, 277 pp. (1986) (3)
Bonnet Macaques : Evolutionary Perspectives on Females ’ Lives (2003) (3)
The Phylogenetic Roots of Human Kinship Systems (2020) (3)
Animal behaviour: Chimpanzee choice and prosociality (Reply) (2006) (2)
Animal Behaviour: Friendship Enhances Trust in Chimpanzees (2016) (2)
Searching for the evolutionary roots of human morality (2014) (2)
Inductive primatology: primate social relationships. (1984) (2)
No strong evidence for universal gender differences in the development of cooperative behaviour across societies (2022) (2)
Sex differences in cooperative coalitions: a mammalian perspective (2022) (1)
Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Social Evolution: Edited by Frans de Waal. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2001, 256 pp. ISBN: 0674004604, Hardcover US$29.95 (2001) (1)
Educating the Third Mind (1999) (1)
Animal behaviour: The evolutionary roots of lethal conflict (2014) (1)
Contributions of sarah blaffer hrdy (2013) (1)
Hyena politics: The dynamics of dynasties (2019) (1)
Compete then Care: Shifts in Male Reproductive Strategies Over the Life Course in a Polygynous Mammal (2019) (1)
New perspectives on the evolution of women's cooperation (2022) (1)
Dorothy L. Cheney (1950–2018) (2019) (1)
The contributions of jeanne altmann (2013) (1)
Response to J. Rushen (1984) (1)
Dorothy Cheney (1950–2018) (2019) (1)
Evolutionary biology: The path to sociality (2011) (0)
The Origins of the Prosocial Ape (2013) (0)
Fundamental Issues in Galaxy Formation (1999) (0)
Behavior. Who are more helpful, humans or chimpanzees? (2006) (0)
Supplementary material from "Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment" (2020) (0)
Dorothy L. Cheney (1950–2018) (2019) (0)
The woman that never evolved: By Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 256 pp., $17.50 (1982) (0)
Introduction to special issue (2013) (0)
The effects of paternity and male rank on male-immature relationships in the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) (2015) (0)
Potential for extended paternal investment in a polygynadrous primate (Papio anubis) (2020) (0)
Group 1 : The Role of Cognition and Emotion in Cooperation 2 (2003) (0)
The Epoch of Galaxy Formation (1996) (0)
Supplemental to: Interpretative Concerns (2013) (0)
Comparative Cognition 2 – Spatial and Social Knowledge and Reasoning More Additional References (not Normally for Further Reading) If Presented with Sample Mm, Choose 'mm' Not 'no' (0)
Dorothy Cheney (1950–2018) (2019) (0)
Discussion session: galaxy formation and quasistellar objects (1988) (0)
Author ' s personal copy Stability of partner choice among female baboons (2012) (0)
Unpaid researchers: Fieldwork grants would up diversity (2015) (0)
The Phylogenetic Roots of Human Kinship Systems (2020) (0)
Memories Amy Samuels (1950–2008) (2010) (0)
The earliest hominoids (1997) (0)
How humans evolved / Robert Boyd; Joan B. Silk (2003) (0)
- 0 Decades of a New Paradigm (2013) (0)
Book-Review - the Left Hand of Creation (1984) (0)
Disk origin and evolution. (1995) (0)
Mothers know best (2014) (0)
Formation of dwarf galaxies near active radio sources. (1973) (0)
Dual-purpose cannula. (1970) (0)
SELECTION AND KIN SELECTION AMONG (1984) (0)
Book Review: The cosmic blueprint. / Simon & Schuster, 1988. (1988) (0)
Apes of the world. Their social behavior, communication, mentality and ecology. By Russell H. Tuttle (1988) (0)
Habitat quality and maternal rank predict intraspecific variation in development among olive baboons (2016) (0)
The Development of Contingent Reciprocity in Children 1 2 (2012) (0)
The roots of prosocial preferences (2017) (0)
Universal norm psychology leads to societal diversity in prosocial behaviour and development (2019) (0)
Dominance style and vocal communication in primates (2019) (0)
Physical: Child Abuse: The Nonhuman Primate Data. Monographs in Primatology, Vol. 1. Martin Reite and Nancy G. Caine (1984) (0)
Primate socioecology: reproductive decisions. (1985) (0)
Summer books (2016) (0)
Title Fosterage as a System of Dispersed Cooperative Breeding : Evidence from the Himba Permalink (2014) (0)
Evolutionary Psychology and Anthropology (2021) (0)
Primate sociobiology. By J. P. Gray. New Haven: HRAF Press. 1985. vii + 376 pp., refernces, appendix, indices. $30.00 (paper) (1986) (0)
The evolutionary landscape of primate longevity (2020) (0)
Fosterage as a System of Dispersed Cooperative Breeding (2014) (0)
Compete, then care: Male baboons' reproductive tactics change with age (2020) (0)
Infectious Media Knowledge (1999) (0)
Local 411: Private Conversations In Public Space (2017) (0)

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