The Social Behavior of Older Animals

Contents

contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Evolutionary Matters 10 2 Sociality, Media, and Variability 19 3 The Wisdom of Elders 29 4 Leaders 38 5 Teaching and Learning 50 6 Reproduction 60 7 Successful Subordinates 72 8 The Fall of Titans 80 9 Aging of Captive Alphas 93 10 Happy Families 100 11 Mothering—Good and Not So Good 111 12 Grandmothers 122 13 Sexy Seniors 134 14 Their Own Person 147 15 Adapting and Not Adapting 155 16 All Passion Spent 167 17 The Inevitable End 184 Notes 195 References 199 Index 217 viii contents ...