Recent studies suggest that closely related species can accumulate substantial genetic and
phenotypic differences despite ongoing gene flow, thus challenging traditional ideas …

Male relationships in most species of mammals generally are characterized by intense
intrasexual competition, with little bonding among unrelated individuals. In contrast, human …

Research on the genetics of natural populations was revolutionized in the 1990s by methods
for genotyping noninvasively collected samples. However, these methods have remained …

Objectives Primate social systems are remarkably diverse, and thus play a central role in
understanding social evolution, including the biological origin of human societies. Although …

10.7554/eLife.50989.001 Baboons, members of the genus Papio, comprise six closely
related species distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa and southwest Arabia. The species …

Sex differences in philopatry and dispersal have important consequences on the genetic
structure of populations, social groups, and social relationships within groups. Among mammals…

Behavior is influenced by genes but can also shape the genetic structure of natural populations.
Investigating this link is of great importance because behavioral processes can alter the …

Adulis, located on the Red Sea coast in present-day Eritrea, was a bustling trading centre
between the first and seventh centuries CE. Several classical geographers—Agatharchides of …

Many species of Arabian mammals are considered to be of Afrotropical origin and for most
of them the Red Sea has constituted an obstacle for dispersal since the Miocene–Pliocene …

Dispersal is a demographic process that can potentially counterbalance the negative impacts
of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation. However, mechanisms of dispersal may become …