Ebook: Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective

The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies explores the dynamic multigenerational processes of primate development. The book is organized thematically along the developmental trajectory:conception, pregnancy, lactation, the mother-infant dyad, broader social relationships, and transitions to independence. In this volume, the authors showcase the myriad approaches to understanding primate developmental trajectories from both proximate and ultimate perspectives. These collected chapters provide insights from experimental manipulations in captive settings to long-term observations of wild-living populations and consider levels of analysis from molecule to organism to social group to taxon. Strepsirrhines, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are all well-represented. Contributions by anthropologists, microbiologists, psychologists, population geneticists, and other primate experts provide Building Babies a uniquely diverse voice.

Building Babies features multi- and trans-disciplinary research approaches to primate developmental trajectories and is particularly useful for researchers and instructors in anthropology, animal behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology. This book also serves as a supplement to upper-level undergraduate courses or graduate seminars on primate life history and development. In these contexts, the book provides exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives on developmental trajectories and models how researchers might productively integrate such approaches into their own work.

The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies explores the dynamic multigenerational processes of primate development. The book is organized thematically along the developmental trajectory:conception, pregnancy, lactation, the mother-infant dyad, broader social relationships, and transitions to independence. In this volume, the authors showcase the myriad approaches to understanding primate developmental trajectories from both proximate and ultimate perspectives. These collected chapters provide insights from experimental manipulations in captive settings to long-term observations of wild-living populations and consider levels of analysis from molecule to organism to social group to taxon. Strepsirrhines, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are all well-represented. Contributions by anthropologists, microbiologists, psychologists, population geneticists, and other primate experts provide Building Babies a uniquely diverse voice.

Building Babies features multi- and trans-disciplinary research approaches to primate developmental trajectories and is particularly useful for researchers and instructors in anthropology, animal behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology. This book also serves as a supplement to upper-level undergraduate courses or graduate seminars on primate life history and development. In these contexts, the book provides exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives on developmental trajectories and models how researchers might productively integrate such approaches into their own work.

The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies explores the dynamic multigenerational processes of primate development. The book is organized thematically along the developmental trajectory:conception, pregnancy, lactation, the mother-infant dyad, broader social relationships, and transitions to independence. In this volume, the authors showcase the myriad approaches to understanding primate developmental trajectories from both proximate and ultimate perspectives. These collected chapters provide insights from experimental manipulations in captive settings to long-term observations of wild-living populations and consider levels of analysis from molecule to organism to social group to taxon. Strepsirrhines, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are all well-represented. Contributions by anthropologists, microbiologists, psychologists, population geneticists, and other primate experts provide Building Babies a uniquely diverse voice.

Building Babies features multi- and trans-disciplinary research approaches to primate developmental trajectories and is particularly useful for researchers and instructors in anthropology, animal behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology. This book also serves as a supplement to upper-level undergraduate courses or graduate seminars on primate life history and development. In these contexts, the book provides exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives on developmental trajectories and models how researchers might productively integrate such approaches into their own work.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Inflammation, Reproduction, and the Goldilocks Principle....Pages 3-26
The Primate Placenta as an Agent of Developmental and Health Trajectories Across the Life Course....Pages 27-53
Placental Development, Evolution, and Epigenetics of Primate Pregnancies....Pages 55-81
Nutritional Ecology and Reproductive Output in Female Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Variation Among and Within Populations....Pages 83-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Prenatal Androgens Affect Development and Behavior in Primates....Pages 103-131
Navigating Transitions in Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Function from Pregnancy Through Lactation: Implications for Maternal Health and Infant Brain Development....Pages 133-154
Genome–Environment Coordination in Neurobehavioral Development....Pages 155-168
Building Marmoset Babies: Trade-Offs and Cutting Bait....Pages 169-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Lactational Programming of Infant Behavioral Phenotype....Pages 187-207
Do Bigger Brains Mean Better Milk?....Pages 209-231
Infant Gut Microbiota: Developmental Influences and Health Outcomes....Pages 233-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Maternal Influences on Social and Neural Development in Macaque Monkeys....Pages 259-279
Behavioral Response of Mothers and Infants to Variation in Maternal Condition: Adaptation, Compensation, and Resilience....Pages 281-302
The Role of Mothers in the Development of Complex Skills in Chimpanzees....Pages 303-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Reproductive Strategies and Infant Care in the Malagasy Primates....Pages 321-359
When Dads Help: Male Behavioral Care During Primate Infant Development....Pages 361-385
Ontogeny of Social Behavior in the Genus Cebus and the Application of an Integrative Framework for Examining Plasticity and Complexity in Evolution....Pages 387-408
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Identifying Proximate and Ultimate Causation in the Development of Primate Sex-Typed Social Behavior....Pages 411-433
Future Adults or Old Children? Integrating Life History Frameworks for Understanding Primate Positional Patterns....Pages 435-458
Quantitative Genetic Perspectives on Female Macaque Life Histories....Pages 459-480
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Cultural Evolution and Human Reproductive Behavior....Pages 481-503
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Conclusion: The Ontogeny of Investigating Primate Ontogeny....Pages 507-515
Back Matter....Pages 517-531

The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies explores the dynamic multigenerational processes of primate development. The book is organized thematically along the developmental trajectory:conception, pregnancy, lactation, the mother-infant dyad, broader social relationships, and transitions to independence. In this volume, the authors showcase the myriad approaches to understanding primate developmental trajectories from both proximate and ultimate perspectives. These collected chapters provide insights from experimental manipulations in captive settings to long-term observations of wild-living populations and consider levels of analysis from molecule to organism to social group to taxon. Strepsirrhines, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are all well-represented. Contributions by anthropologists, microbiologists, psychologists, population geneticists, and other primate experts provide Building Babies a uniquely diverse voice.

Building Babies features multi- and trans-disciplinary research approaches to primate developmental trajectories and is particularly useful for researchers and instructors in anthropology, animal behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology. This book also serves as a supplement to upper-level undergraduate courses or graduate seminars on primate life history and development. In these contexts, the book provides exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives on developmental trajectories and models how researchers might productively integrate such approaches into their own work.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Inflammation, Reproduction, and the Goldilocks Principle....Pages 3-26
The Primate Placenta as an Agent of Developmental and Health Trajectories Across the Life Course....Pages 27-53
Placental Development, Evolution, and Epigenetics of Primate Pregnancies....Pages 55-81
Nutritional Ecology and Reproductive Output in Female Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Variation Among and Within Populations....Pages 83-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Prenatal Androgens Affect Development and Behavior in Primates....Pages 103-131
Navigating Transitions in Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Function from Pregnancy Through Lactation: Implications for Maternal Health and Infant Brain Development....Pages 133-154
Genome–Environment Coordination in Neurobehavioral Development....Pages 155-168
Building Marmoset Babies: Trade-Offs and Cutting Bait....Pages 169-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Lactational Programming of Infant Behavioral Phenotype....Pages 187-207
Do Bigger Brains Mean Better Milk?....Pages 209-231
Infant Gut Microbiota: Developmental Influences and Health Outcomes....Pages 233-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Maternal Influences on Social and Neural Development in Macaque Monkeys....Pages 259-279
Behavioral Response of Mothers and Infants to Variation in Maternal Condition: Adaptation, Compensation, and Resilience....Pages 281-302
The Role of Mothers in the Development of Complex Skills in Chimpanzees....Pages 303-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Reproductive Strategies and Infant Care in the Malagasy Primates....Pages 321-359
When Dads Help: Male Behavioral Care During Primate Infant Development....Pages 361-385
Ontogeny of Social Behavior in the Genus Cebus and the Application of an Integrative Framework for Examining Plasticity and Complexity in Evolution....Pages 387-408
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Identifying Proximate and Ultimate Causation in the Development of Primate Sex-Typed Social Behavior....Pages 411-433
Future Adults or Old Children? Integrating Life History Frameworks for Understanding Primate Positional Patterns....Pages 435-458
Quantitative Genetic Perspectives on Female Macaque Life Histories....Pages 459-480
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Cultural Evolution and Human Reproductive Behavior....Pages 481-503
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Conclusion: The Ontogeny of Investigating Primate Ontogeny....Pages 507-515
Back Matter....Pages 517-531
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