Behaviour of nonhuman primate mothers toward their dead infants: uncovering mechanisms
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0261
Abstract: In comparative thanatology, most reports for nonhuman mammals concern mothers' behavioural responses to their dead offspring: most prominently, dead-infant carrying (sometimes of extended duration); but also inspection, proximity, maternal care such as grooming, protective behaviours… read more here.
Keywords: thanatology; primate; nonhuman primate; primate mothers ... See more keywords