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Why Are Primates Social??

A commonly held view is that primates are social because it protects them from predation or from infanticide within the species. Because of these pressures, they are forced to be social, but due to competition for food resources they must be competitive and aggressive as well.Feb 16, 2009

Why do primates live in social groups?

Why Be Social? Many primates and other animals live in social groups. In social groups, individual members coordinate their activities, communicate with one another, and interact in both affiliative (friendly) and agonistic (aggressive or submissive) ways.

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