Peacemaking on treetops: first evidence of reconciliation from a wild prosimian (Propithecus verreauxi)

Palagi, Elisabetta; Antonacci, Daniela; Norscia, Ivan

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.016

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“…Reconciliation has also been found in wild Propithecus verreauxi (Palagi et al 2008), but not in captive Eulemur macaco or in three out of the four captive groups of Lemur catta where post-conflict reunions were investigated (Kappeler 1993; Roeder et al Ethol (2011) 29:181-185 183 2002, Palagi et al 2005. Although all species have a similar social organisation with female dominance, E. fulvus and Propithecus verreauxi are characterized by more tolerant intra-group relationships than L. catta and Eulemur macaco (Kappeler 1993;Roeder et al 2002;Palagi et al 2008;Palagi and Norscia 2010). Thus, the level of despotism in the social group, more than the phylogenetic closeness or the social organisation, seems to account for the presence of reconciliation in social prosimians.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Matched control observations (MCs) took place during the next possible day at the same time as the original PC, on the same focal animal, in the absence of agonistic interactions during the 15 min before the beginning of the MC and when the opponents had the possibility of interacting (within 10 m) (de Waal and Yoshihara 1983;Kappeler and van Schaik 1992;Palagi et al 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Few studies have focussed on post-conflict mechanisms in prosimians, all but one (Palagi et al 2008) in captivity (Kappeler 1993;Roeder et al 2002;Palagi et al 2005). Malagasy prosimians, unlike anthropoids, show female dominance, lack of sexual dimorphism, and have seasonal breeding.…”

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Do wild brown lemurs reconcile? Not always

Norscia

Palagi

2010

J Ethol

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Post-conflict behaviour has been widely investigated in anthropoid primates but not extensively in prosimians. Here, we report the reconciliation pattern of a 14-individual group of wild brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) in the Berenty gallery forest (South Madagascar). We found that reconciliation occurs only in the non-feeding context and that it works in reducing the risk of renewed aggression. Thus, reconciliation would provide an immediate positive feedback that is probably independent of the quality of the relationship between opponents. Reconciliation may also be a hic-et-nunc mechanism, needed to avoid conflict spreading across group members, possibly leading to social disruption

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Palagi

2010

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“…without a preceding conflict). An MC period was considered over if the focal individual went out of sight for more than 30 s. We selected the MC periods according to the following criteria: the focal individual was not involved in any conflict during the 10 min preceding the onset of an MC period (de Waal & Yoshihara, 1983); the opponents of the corresponding PC period were within 10 m of each other and thus had the opportunity to interact (Palagi, Antonacci, & Norscia, 2008); inactive (e.g. sleeping, resting) episodes were not used as MC periods.…”

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Conflict management in free-ranging wolves, Canis lupus

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“…Reconciliation has also been documented in black, brown and red-fronted lemurs as well as in sifakas ( table 1 ) [Kappeler, 1993b;Roeder et al, 2002;Palagi et al, 2008]. Third-party affiliation after aggression seems to be absent in this species [Kappeler, 1993b].…”

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Cognition in Ring-Tailed Lemurs

Kittler

Schnoell²,

Fichtel³

2015

IJFP

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In order to better understand the evolution of cognitive abilities in primates, information on cognitive traits of the most basal living primates can provide important comparative baseline data. Compared to haplorhine primates, lemurs have relatively smaller brains and reduced abilities to solve problems in the technical and social domain. However, recent studies have suggested that some cognitive abilities of lemurs are qualitatively equal to those of haplorhines. Here, we review studies investigating cognitive abilities in the technical and social domain of ring-tailed lemur cognition. In the physical domain, ring-tailed lemurs exhibit similar qualitative cognitive skills as other lemurs but also haplorhine primates. In the social domain, ring-tailed lemurs appear to be more skilled in visual perspective taking than other lemurs. Compared to other lemurs, they also have highly elaborated communicative skills. Moreover, within-group coalitions have been observed in female ring-tailed lemurs during rare events of female evictions but not in other lemur species. However, in several other aspects of social cognition, such as reconciliation and social learning, ring-tailed lemurs' cognitive abilities are equal to those of other lemurs. Thus, additional systematic comparative studies in physical and social cognition are required for a more comprehensive understanding of the processes of cognitive evolution among primates.

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Peacemaking on treetops: first evidence of reconciliation from a wild prosimian (Propithecus verreauxi)

Cited by 44 publications

References 88 publications

Do wild brown lemurs reconcile? Not always

Do wild brown lemurs reconcile? Not always

Conflict management in free-ranging wolves, Canis lupus

Cognition in Ring-Tailed Lemurs

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