FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIAL GROOMING IN PRIMATES
FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIAL GROOMING IN PRIMATES
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DOI：
10.1159/000156574
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发表时间：
1991-01-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
DUNBAR, RIM
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作者：
DUNBAR, RIM
从44种自由生活的灵长类动物中记录的社会梳理频率与群体大小相关，但与身体大小无关。这被解释为理毛的社会功能和纯粹的卫生功能的证据。然而，有一些证据表明，身体大小是阔鼻灵长类动物梳理时间的更重要决定因素。这可能意味着在灵长类进化过程中，管理梳理的功能系统发生了变化。
Frequencies of social grooming recorded from 44 species of free-living primates correlate with group size but not body size. This is interpreted as evidence for the social function of grooming and against the purely hygienic function. However, there is some evidence to suggest that body size is a more important determinant of grooming time among platyrrhine primates. This might imply that there has been a shift in the functional system governing grooming during primate evolution.