List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 1. Why macaque societies? Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh and Werner Kaumanns; Part I. Individual Attributes: 2. Personality factors between and within species John P. Capitanio; Box 2. Social intelligence Josep Call; 3. The role of emotions in social relationships Filippo Aureli and Gabriele Schino; Box 3. Power and communication Signe Preuschoft; 4. Reproductive life history Fred Bercovitch and Nancy Harvey; Box 4. Life history traits: ecological adaptations or phylogenetic relics? Mewa Singh and Anindya Sinha; Part II. Demography and Reproductive Systems: 5. Demography: a window to social evolution Wolfgang Dittus; Box 5. Patterns of group fission Kyoko Okamoto; 6. Gene flow, dispersal patterns, and social organization Hélène Gachot-Neveu and Nelly Ménard; Box 6. Dominance and paternity Andreas Paul; 7. Mating systems Joseph Soltis; Box 7. Homosexual behavior Paul L. Vasey; Part III. Social Relationships and Networks: 8. Dominance style, social power, and conflict management: a conceptual framework Jessica C. Flack and Frans B. M. de Waal; Box 8. Social space and degrees in freedom Marina Butovskaya; 9. How kinship generates dominance structures: a comparative perspective Bernard Chapais; Box 9. Inter-group relationships Matthew A. Cooper; 10. Intergenerational transmission of behavior Christophe Chauvin and Carol M. Berman; Box 10. Maternal behavior, infant handling, and socialization Dario Maestripieri; Part IV. External and Internal Constraints: 11. Do ecological factors explain variation in social organizations? Nelly Ménard; Box 11. Intraspecific variation: implications for interspecific comparisons David A. Hill; 12. Social epigenesis Bernard Thierry; Box 12. The role of contingency in evolution Christophe Abegg; 13. The use of artificial-life models for the study of social organization Charlotte K. Hemelrijk; Box 13. Primate behaviors and natural selection William A. Mason; Part V. An Outside Viewpoint: 14. An anthropologist among macaques Maurice Godelier; Box 14. Do macaque species have a future? Yasuyuki Muroyama and Ardith A. Eudey; Conclusion: 15. Toward integrating the multiple dimensions of societies Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh and Werner Kaumann; References; Index.