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Kinship composition in mammals
Pereira, André S.; De Moor, Delphine; Casanova, Catarina; Brent, Lauren J. N.Understanding the evolution of group-living and cooperation requires information on who animals live and cooperate with. Animals can live with kin, non-kin or both, and kinship structure can influence the benefits and costs of group-living and the evolution of within-group cooperation. One aspect of kinship structure is kinship composition, i.e. a group-level attribute of the presence of kin and/or non-kin dyad...
Kinship composition in mammals
Pereira, André S.; De Moor, Delphine; Casanova, Catarina; Brent, Lauren J. N.Understanding the evolution of group-living and cooperation requires information on who animals live and cooperate with. Animals can live with kin, non-kin or both, and kinship structure can influence the benefits and costs of group-living and the evolution of within-group cooperation. One aspect of kinship structure is kinship composition, i.e. a group-level attribute of the presence of kin and/or non-kin dyad...
Antropologia multi-espécie: breves perspetivas teóricas do antropocentrismo à a...
Casanova, Catarina; Vera Cortes, José LuisThe present article aims — albeit briefly — to reflect about the theoretical origins and development of multi-species anthropology. Our brief “journey” has its starting point in the paradigm of the human exceptionalism and the anthropocentric view of the relationship between human beings and the rest of the natural world. This gaze, having constituted the central paradigm of the origins of the anthropological d...
“It is my child”: About the significance of birds
Dapra, Andrea; Casanova, CatarinaAnimais are present in the lives of human beings at least since the Palaeolithic períod, having several roles and meanings: yvork, food, companionship, power, social status. As in other European countries, the presence of companion animais in Portuguese families has been grcnving and in 2018 these pets were already more than 7 million. Although not as numerous as cats or dogs, birds are common pets. The present...
Uses of nonhuman primates by humans in northeastern Brazil
Freire-Filho, Robério; de Castro, Carla Soraia Soares; Casanova, Catarina; Bezerra, B. M.Humans have used non-human primates (hereafter referred to as primates) as food source, medicine, parts of rituals, pets, and models for various studies worldwide. Here we investigated the extent of the use of primates by humans in three areas in northeastern Brazil, the country’s most impoverished region. We carried out our study in three biomes (Caatinga, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest). The results showed that...
A Qualitative Assessment of Guinea-Bissau’s Hunting History and Culture - and T...
Silva, Maria J. Ferreira da; Minhós, Tania; Sá, Rui; Casanova, Catarina; Bruford, Michael W.Illegal hunting and trade threaten the high biodiversity of Guinea-Bissau (GB) in West Africa, particularly for nonhuman primates (NHP). Primate carcasses are sold at bushmeat markets and at restaurants and the primate pet trade is active. Traditional medicine practitioners also use NHP body-parts further promoting the commerce of NHP skins. A better understanding of hunting and related trade activities, includ...
Serão os não humanos os últimos “outros” na Antropologia? Representações sobre ...
Casanova, CatarinaThis paper aims to address a short overview of the discussion topics surrounding the false paradigm “nature” vs. “culture” pointing the biological positioning of the human species (Homo sapiens sapiens) and mentioning bias visions in what regards theocentric and anthropocentric perspectives. Mentioning the responsibility of Anthropology to deconstruct the false paradigm of “nature” and “culture”, interdisciplin...
The multidimensionality of female mandrill sociality-A dynamic multiplex networ...
Pereira, André S.; Rebelo, Inês D.; Casanova, Catarina; Lee, Phyllis C.; Louca, VasilisThe structure and dynamics of primate social groups are shaped by the social relationships of its members. These relationships are based on different types of interactions and vary in relation to the identity of the interactants and over time. Social network analysis tools represent a powerful and comprehensive method to characterise social interactions and recent methodological advances now allow the study of ...
The dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the co...
Pereira, André S.; Rebelo, Inês D.; Casanova, Catarina; Lee, Phyllis C.; Louca, VasilisA large body of evidence suggests that female Old World monkeys maintain selective long-term grooming interactions with fitness benefits. The last two decades have produced evidence that the regulation of social interactions among primates can be, in part, explained by the Biological Markets theory, with grooming behaviour as the focus of these studies. Grooming facilitates bonding between individuals, constitu...
The dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the co...
Pereira, André S.; Rebelo, Inês D.; Casanova, Catarina; Lee, Phyllis C.; Louca, VasilisA large body of evidence suggests that female Old World monkeys maintain selective long-term grooming interactions with fitness benefits. The last two decades have produced evidence that the regulation of social interactions among primates can be, in part, explained by the Biological Markets theory, with grooming behaviour as the focus of these studies. Grooming facilitates bonding between individuals, constitu...