Shifting sociality during primate ageing.

ABSTRACT: Humans exhibit major age-related shifts in social relationships along with changes in social and emotional psychological processes that underpin these behavioural shifts. Does social ageing in non-human primates follow similar patterns, and if so, what are the ultimate evolutionary consequences of these social shifts? Here we synthesize empirical evidence for shifts in social behaviour and underlying psychological processes across species. Focusing on three elements of social behaviour and cognition that are important for humans-propensities to engage with others, the positive versus negative valence of these interactions, and capabilities to influence others, we find evidence for wide variation in the trajectories of these characteristics across primates. Based on thi

SUBMITTER: Machanda ZP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540961 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature