Federica Dal Pesco

This study examines the relationship between maternal style and infant growth and survival in wild Guinea baboons, finding no significant link between maternal behavior and infant outcomes.

The paper examines copulation calls in Guinea baboons, finding they signal fertility but do not reflect mate competition.

The study investigates whether meat acquisition skill in male Guinea baboons signals quality and affects reproductive success, finding no evidence of such a link.

The paper reports post-mortem infant-directed behaviors in wild Guinea baboons, finding that caretaking and cannibalism occur without evidence of a death concept.

The paper quantifies variation in primate social structures across 11 species, identifying distinct patterns in kin and rank biases and male-centered subgrouping.

The paper investigates male reproductive strategies in Guinea baboons, finding that reproductive success is more influenced by age and female associations than dominance.

The paper manipulates foraging skill in male Guinea baboons and shows females adjust their social behavior based on the male's utility, not competence.

This paper demonstrates that failing to correct for offspring age in parental care analyses leads to overestimation of parental variation, and proposes a modeling approach to address this issue.