Books

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2007. Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1990. How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Smuts, B., Cheney, D., Seyfarth, R., Wrangham, R. & Struhsaker, T. 1987. Primate Societies. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.


Journal Articles (1995 - present)

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2014. The evolution of language from social cognition. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 28, 5-9. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M., Silk, J.B., & Cheney, D.L. 2014. Social bonds in female baboons: The interaction between personality, kinship, and rank. Animal Behaviour 87, 23-29. pdf

Silk, J.B., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2013. A practical guide to the study of social relationships. Evolutionary Anthropology 22, 213-225. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2013. Affiliation, empathy and the origins of a Theory of Mind. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (supp. 2), 10349-10356. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Cheney, D.L., Engh, A.L., Fischer, J., Moscovice, L.R., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2013. Male baboon responses to experimental manipulations of loud 'wahoo calls': testing an honest signal of fighting ability. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67, 1825-1835. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M., Silk, J.B., & Cheney, D.L. 2012. Variation in personality and fitness in wild female baboons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, 16980-16985. pdf

Cheney, D.L., Silk, J.B., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2012. Evidence for intrasexual selection in wild female baboons. Animal Behaviour 84, 21-27. pdf

Silk, J.B., Alberts, S., Altmann, J., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2012. Stability of partner choice among female baboons. Animal Behaviour 83, 1511-1518. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2012. The evolutionary origins of friendship. Annual Review of Psychology 63, 153-177. pdf

Cheney, D.L. 2011. The extent and limits of cooperation in animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences108 (suppl. 2), 10902-10909. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Bergman, T.J., Nicholson, J., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2010. Responses of four ungulate species to experimental playback of baboon loud calls. Animal Cognition 13, 861-870.

Silk, J.B, Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Crockford, C., Engh, A.L., Moscovice, L.R., Wittig, R.M., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 2010. Female chacma baboons form strong, equitable, and enduring social bonds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 1733-1747. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L., Bergman, T., Fischer, J., Zuberbuhler, K. & Hammerschmidt, K. 2010. The central importance of information in studies of animal communication. Animal Behaviour 80, 3-8. pdf

Silk, J.B, Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Crockford, C., Engh, A.L., Moscovice, L.R., Wittig, R.M., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 2010. Strong and consistent social bonds enhance the longevity of female baboons. Current Biology 20, 1359-1361. pdf

Cheney, D.L., Moscovice, R., Heesen, M., Mundry, R. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2010. Contingent cooperation in wild female baboons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, 9562-9566. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2010. Production, usage, and comprehension in animal vocalizations. Brain and Language.

Moscovice, L.R., DiFiore, A., Crockford, C., Kitchen. D.W., Wittig, R., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2010. Hedging their bets? Male and female chacma baboons form friendships based on likelihood of paternity. Animal Behaviour 79, 1007-1015. pdf

Beehner, J.C., Gesquiere, L., Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L., Alberts, S.C. & Altmann, J. 2009. Testosterone related to age and life-history stages in male baboons and geladas. Hormones and Behavior 56, 472-480.

Engh, A.L., Hoffmeier, R.R., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2009. O brother, where art thou? The varying influence of older siblings in rank acquisition by female baboons. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 97-104. pdf

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2009. Stress and coping mechanisms in female primates. Advances in the Study of Behavior 39, 1-35. pdf

Silk, J.B., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Crockford, C., Engh, A.L., Moscovice, L.R., Wittig, R.M., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2009. The benefits of social capital: Close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 276, 3099-3104. pdf

Moscovice, L.R., Heesen, M., Di Fiore, A., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2009. Paternity alone does not predict long-term investment in juveniles by male baboons. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 63, 1471-1482. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2009. Seeing who we hear and hearing who we see. Commentary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106, 669-670. pdf

Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Lehmann, J., Whitten, P.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2008. Focused grooming networks and stress alleviation in wild female baboons. Hormones and Behavior 54, 170-177. pdf

Crockford, C., Wittig, R.M., Whitten, P.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2008. Social stressors and coping mechanisms in wild female baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). Hormones and Behavior 53, 254-265. pdf

Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Wikberg, E., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2007. Kin-mediated reconciliation substitutes for direct reconciliation in female baboons. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 274, 1109-1115. pdf

Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2007. Vocal alliances in chacma baboons, Papio hamadryas ursinus. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 61, 899-909. pdf

Crockford, C., Wittig, R.M., Seyfarth, R.M. Cheney, D.L. 2007. Baboons eavesdrop to deduce mating opportunities. Animal Behaviour 73, 885-890. pdf

Engh, A.E., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Whitten, P.L., Hoffmeier, R.R., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2006. Female hierarchy instability, male immigration, and infanticide increase glucocorticoid levels in female chacma baboons. Animal Behaviour 71, 1227-1237. pdf

Engh, A.E., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Whitten, P.L., Hoffmeier, R.R., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2006. Behavioural and hormonal responses to predation in female chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Series B. 273, 707-712. pdf

Engh, A.E., Hoffmeier, R.R., Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2006. Who, me? Can baboons infer the target of vocalisations? Animal Behaviour 71, 381-387. pdf

Bergman, T.J., Beehner, J.C., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Whitten, P.L. 2006. The role of testosterone in the social interactions of male chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 59, 480-489. pdf

Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Whitten, P.L. 2006. Testosterone predicts future dominance rank and mating activity among male chacma baboons. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 59, 469-479. pdf

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2005. Constraints and preadaptations in the earliest stages of language evolution. Linguistic Review 22, 135-159. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L. & Bergman, T.J. 2005. Primate social cognition and the origins of language. Trends in Cognitive Science 9, 264-266. pdf

Bergman, T.J., Beehner, J.C., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Whitten, P.L. 2005. Correlates of stress in free-ranging male chacma baboons. Animal Behaviour 70 , 703-713. pdf

Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Whitten, P.L. 2005. The effect of new alpha males on female stress in free-ranging baboons. Animal Behaviour 69, 1211-1221. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2005. Contextual factors meditating contests between male chacma baboons in Botswana: Effects of food, friends and females. International Journal of Primatology 26, 105-125. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2005. Male chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) discriminate loud call contests between rivals of different relative ranks. Animal Cognition 8, 1-6. pdf

Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M., Fischer, J., Beehner, J. Bergman, T., Johnson, S.E., Kitchen, D.M., Palombit, R.A., Rendall, D. & Silk, J.B. 2004. Factors affecting reproduction and mortality among baboons in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. International Journal of Primatology 25, 401-428. pdf

Fischer, J., Kitchen, D.M., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2004. Baboon loud calls advertise male quality: Acoustic features and their relation to rank, age, and exhaustion. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 56, 140-148. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2004. Factors mediating inter-group encounters in savannah baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus). Behaviour141, 197-218. pdf

Bergman, T.J., Beehner, J.C., Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2003. Hierarchical classification by rank and kinship in baboons. Science 302, 1234-1236. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2003. Female baboons' responses to male loud calls. Ethology 109, 401-412. pdf

Kitchen, D.M., Seyfarth, R.M., Fischer, J., & Cheney, D.L. 2003. Loud calls as an indicator of dominance in male baboons, Papio cynocephalus ursinus. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 53, 374-384. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2003. Signalers and receivers in animal communication. Annual Review of Psychology 54, 145-173. pdf

Silk, J.B., Rendall, D., Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2003. Natal attraction in adult female baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) in the Moremi Reserve, Botswana . Ethology 109, 627-644. pdf

Fischer, J., Hammerschmidt, K., Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2002. Acoustic features of male baboon loud calls: Influences of context, age, and individuality. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 111, 1465-1474. pdf

Fischer, J., Hammerschmidt, K.,Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 2001. Acoustic features of female chacma baboon barks. Ethology 107, 33-54. pdf

Fischer, J., Metz , M., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2001. Baboon responses to graded bark variants. Animal Behaviour 61, 925-931. pdf

Manser, M., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 2001. Suricate alarm calls signal predator class and urgency. Trends in Cognitive Science 6, 55-57. pdf

Palombit, R.A., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2001. Female-female competition for male “friends” in wild chacma baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus). Animal Behaviour 61, 1159-1171. pdf

Fischer, J., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2000. Development of infant baboon responses to female graded variants of barks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 267, 2317-2321. pdf

Rendall, D., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2000. Proximate factors mediating ‘contact' calls in adult female and their infants. Journal of Comparative Psychology 114, 36-46. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2000. Social self-awareness in monkeys. American Zoologist 40, 902-909.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1999.Recognition of other individuals' social relationships by female baboons. Animal Behaviour 58, 67-75. pdf

Palombit, R.A., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 1999. Male grunts as mediators of social interaction with females in wild chacma baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus). Behaviour 136, 221-242. pdf

Rendall, D., Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L., & Owren, M.J. 1999. The meaning and function of grunt variants in baboons. Animal Behaviour 57, 583-592. pdf

Silk, J.B., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 1999. The structure of social relationships among female baboons in the Moremi Reserve, Botswana . Behaviour 136, 679-703. pdf

Zuberbühler, K., Cheney, D. L., & Seyfarth, R. M. 1999. Conceptual semantics in a nonhuman primate. Journal of Comparative Psychology 113, 33-42. pdf

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1997. Reconciliatory grunts by dominant female baboons influence victims' behavior. Animal Behaviour 54, 409-418. pdf

Owren, M.J., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 1997. The acoustic features of vowel-like grunt calls in chacma baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 101, 2951-2963. pdf

Palombit, R.A., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 1997. The adaptive value of “friendships” to female baboons: Experimental and observational evidence. Animal Behaviour 54, 599-614. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1997. Behavioral mechanisms underlying vocal communication in nonhuman primates. Animal Learning and Behavior 25, 249-267.

Zuberbühler, K., Noë, R., & Seyfarth, R. M. 1997. Diana monkey long-distance calls: messages for conspecifics and predators. Animal Behaviour 53, 589-604. pdf

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1996. Function and intention in the calls of nonhuman primates. Proceedings of the British Academy 88, 59-76.

Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Palombit, R.A. 1996. The function and mechanisms underlying baboon contact barks. Animal Behaviour 5, 507-518. pdf

Silk, J.B., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 1996. The form and function of reconciliation among baboons, Papio cynocephalus ursinus . Animal Behaviour 52, 259-268. pdf

Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Silk, J.B. 1995a. The responses of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) to anomalous social interactions: Evidence for causal reasoning? Journal of Comparative Psychology 109, 134-141. pdf

Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Silk, J.B. 1995b. The role of grunts in reconciling opponents and facilitating interactions among adult female baboons. Animal Behaviour 50, 249-257. pdf

 

Chapter articles (1995-present)

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. In press. Social cognition: The primate mind before tools, language, and culture. In: Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture (Ed. G. Hatfield). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2013. The evolution of concepts about agents. In: Navigating the Social World: A Developmental Perspective. (Eds. M. R. Banaji and S. A. Gelman). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2013. Evolution of cognition in primates. In: Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 3: Biological Psychology and Neuroscience (Eds. Randy J. Nelson and Sheri Mizumori). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2013. The evolution of concepts about agents: Or, what do animals recognize when they recognize an individual? In: Concepts: New Directions (Ed. E. Margolis). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2012. Social cognition. In: The Evolution of Primate Societies (Eds. J. Mitani, J. Call, P. Kappeler, R.A. Palombit and J. Silk). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2012. The evolution of a cooperative social mind.In: Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology (Eds. J. Vonk & T. Shackelford), pp. 507-528. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2012. Primate social cognition as a precursor to language. In: Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution (Eds. K. Gibson & M. Tallerman), pp. 59-70. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cheney, D.L. 2011. Cooperation in Non-human Primates: Function and Cognition. In: Animal Thinking: Contemporary Issues in Comparative Cognition (Eds. R. Menzel & J. Fischer), pp. 239-252. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2009. Primate communication and human language: Continuities and discontinuities. In: Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals (Eds. P. Kappeler & J. Silk). Berlin: Springer.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2009. Primate vocal communication. In: Primate Neuroethology (Eds. M.L. Platt & A.A. Ghazanfar). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kitchen, D.M., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Crockford, C., Engh, A.L., Fischer, J. and Wittig, R. 2009. Costs and consequences of male aggression directed at female chacma baboons. In: Male Coercion in Primates (Eds. M. Muller & R.W. Wrangham), Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2008. Agonistic and affiliative signals: Resolutions of conflict. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. (Ed. L. Squires). New York: Elsevier.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2008. The evolution of social categories. In: Neurobiology of “umwelt”: How Living Beings Perceive the World (Eds. A. Bethoz & Y. Christen), pp. 69-87. Berling: Springer.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2007. Animal Communication: Mechanisms and Functions: Agonistic and Affiliative Signals: Resolutions of Conflict. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Ed. L. Squires). New York: Elsevier.

Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M., Fischer, J., Beehner, J., Bergman, T., Johnson, S., Kitchen, D.M., Palombit, R.A., Rendall, D., & Silk, J. (2006) Factors affecting mortality and reproduction in free-ranging baboons in the Okavango Delta , Botswana . In: Life History, Reproductive Strategies, and Fitness in Baboons (Eds. L. Swedell, & S. Leigh). Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2005. Social complexity and the information acquired during eavesdropping by primates and other animals. In: Animal Communication Networks (Ed. P.K. McGregor). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2004. Social cognition in primates and other animals. In: The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (Ed. M. Bekoff). Phoenix, AZ: Greenwood Publishing Co.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2004. Meaning and emotion in animal vocalizations. In: Emotions Inside Out: 130 Years after Darwin's “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals” (Ed. P. Ekman, J.J. Campos, R.J. Davidson & F. de Waal). Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences 1000 , 32-55. pdf

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2003. The recognition of other individuals' social relationships. In: Kinship and Behavior in Primates (Eds. B. Chapais & C.M. Berman), pp. 347-364. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2003. Hierarchical structure in the social knowledge of monkeys. In: Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies (Eds. F.B.M. de Waal & P.L. Tyack), pp. 207-229. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pdf

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2002. Alarm calls. In: The Encyclopedia of Evolution (Ed. M. Pagel). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Isbell, L.A., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 2002. Why vervets ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) live in multi-male groups. In: The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys (Eds. M. Glenn & M. Cords), pp. 169-183. New York: Plenum.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2002. The structure of social knowledge in monkeys. In: The Cognitive Animal (Eds. M. Bekoff & C. Allen), pp. 379-384. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2001. Cognitive strategies and the representation of social relationships by monkeys. In: Evolutionary Psychology and Motivation, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, vol. 48 (Eds. J.A. French, A.C. Kamil, & D.W. Leger), pp. 145-178. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2001. Just like us? The limits of the human-monkey analogy. In: The New Encyclopedia of Mammals (Ed. D. MacDonald), pp. 366-367. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 2001. Dennett's contribution to research on the animal mind. In: Perspectives in Philosophy: Daniel C. Dennett (Eds. D. Ross & A. Brook), pp. 117-139. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 2000. Vocal reconciliation in free-ranging baboons. In: Conflict Resolution (Eds. P. Aureli & F. de Waal), pp. 208-210. Berkeley : University of California Press.

Palombit, R., Cheney, D., Seyfarth, R., Rendall, D., Silk, J., Johnson, S. & Fischer, J. 2000. Male infanticide and defense of infants in chacma baboons. In: Infanticide by Males and Its Implications (Eds. C. van Schaik & C. Janson), pp. 123-152. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1999. Mechanisms Underlying the Vocalizations of Non-Human Primates. In: Neural Mechanisms of Communication (Eds. M. Konishi & M. Hauser). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1999. Production, usage, and response in nonhuman primate vocal development. In: Neural Mechanisms of Communication (Eds. M. Konishi & M. Hauser). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1999. Social cognition in animals. In: The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (Eds. R. Wilson & F. Keil), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1998. Why monkeys don't have language. In: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values , 19 (Ed. G. Petersen). Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1997. Some general features of vocal development in non-human primates. In: Social Influences on Vocal Development (Eds. M. Husberger & C.T. Snowdon), pp. 249-273. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1997. Communication and the minds of monkeys. In: Origin and Evolution of Intelligence (Eds. A.B. Schiebel & J.W. Schopf), pp. 27-42. Boston: Jones & Bartlett.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1995. Cognitive ethology. In: Concepts, Theories, and Rationality in the Biological Sciences (Eds. G. Wolters & James G. Lennox), pp. 371-392. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

 

Publications before 1995
Book
Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1990. How Monkeys See The World: Inside The Mind Of Another Species . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Edited Book
Smuts, B., Cheney, D., Seyfarth, R., Wrangham, R. & Struhsaker, T. 1987. Primate Societies . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Journal Articles

Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L., Harcourt, A.H., & Stewart, K.J. 1994. The acoustic features of gorilla double grunts and their relation to behavior. American Journal of Primatology 33, 31-50.

Owren, M.J., Dieter, J.A., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1993. Vocalizations of rhesus (Macaca mulatta ) and Japanese (Macaca fuscata ) macaques cross-fostered between species show evidence of only limited modification . Developmental Psychobiology 26, 389-406.

Isbell, L.A., Cheney, D.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 1993. Are immigrant vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops ) at greater risk of mortality than residents? Animal Behaviour 45, 729-734.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1992. Precis and response to peer commentaries of "How Monkeys See the World". Behavioral and Brain Sciences 15, 135-182.

Owren, M.J., Dieter, J.A., Seyfarth, R.M., & Cheney, D.L. 1992. Food calls of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta ), Japanese macaques (M. fuscata ), and immatures cross-fostered between species. Behaviour 120, 218-231.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1992. Meaning and mind in monkeys. Scientific American 267, 122-129.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1992. Dogs that don't bark in the night: How to investigate the lack of a domain of expertise. Philosophy of Science Association 1992 2 , 92-109.

Cheney, D.L. 1992. Within-group cohesion and inter-group hostility: The relation between grooming distributions and inter-group competition among female primates. Behavioral Ecology 3, 334-345

Isbell, L.A , Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1991. Group fusions and minimum group sizes in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). American Journal of Primatology 25, 57-66.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1991. Reciprocal altruism and the limits of correlational analysis. Journal of Theoretical Biology 153, 141-144.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1990. Attending to behaviour versus attending to knowledge: Examining monkeys' attribution of mental states. Animal Behaviour 40, 742-753.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1990. The representation of social relations by monkeys. Cognition 37, 167-196.

Isbell, L.A. , Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1990. Costs and benefits of home range shifts among vervet monkeys in Amboseli National Park , Kenya. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 27, 351-358.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1990. The assessment by vervet monkeys of their own and another species' alarm calls. Animal Behaviour 40, 754-764.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1989. Reconciliation and redirected aggression in vervet monkeys. Behaviour 110, 258-275.

Keddy Hector, A., Seyfarth, R.M. & Raleigh, M. 1989. Male parental care, female choice, and the effect of an audience in vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 38, 262-271.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1988. Assessment of meaning and the detection of unreliable signals in vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 36, 477-486.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1988. Empirical tests of reciprocity theory: Problems in assessment. Ethology & Sociobiology 9, 181-188.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1987. The influence of intergroup competition on the survival and reproduction of female vervet monkeys. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 21, 375-386.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1986. The recognition of social alliances among vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 34 , 1722-1731.

Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M. & Smuts, B.B. 1986. Social relationships and social cognition in non-human primates. Science 234, 1361-1366.

Hauser, M.D., Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1986. Group extinction and fusion in vervet monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 11, 63-77.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1986. Vocal development in vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 34, 1640-1658.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth 1985. Vervet monkey alarm calls: Manipulation through shared information? Behaviour 93, 150-166.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1985. Social and non-social knowledge in vervet monkeys. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , Series B 308, 187-201.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1984. The acoustic features of vervet monkey grunts. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 75, 1623-1628.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1984. Grooming, alliances, and reciprocal altruism in vervet monkeys. Nature 308, 541-543.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1984. The natural vocalizations of non-human primates. Trends in Neuroscience 7, 66-73.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1983. Non-random dispersal in free-ranging vervet monkeys: Social and genetic consequences. American Naturalist 122, 392-412.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1982. How vervet monkeys perceive their grunts: Field playback experiments. Animal Behaviour 30, 739-751.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1982. Recognition of individuals within and between groups of free-ranging vervet monkeys. American Zoologist 22, 519-529.

Cheney, D.L., Lee, P.C. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1981. Behavioral correlates of non-random mortality among free-ranging female vervet monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 9, 153-161.

Cheney, D.L. 1981. Inter-group encounters among free-ranging vervet monkeys. Folia Primatologica 35, 124-146.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1981. Selective forces affecting the predator alarm calls of vervet monkeys. Behaviour 76, 25-61.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1980. Vocal recognition in free-ranging vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 28, 362-367.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1980. The distribution of grooming and related behaviors among adult female vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 28, 798-813.

Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L. & Marler, P. 1980. Monkey responses to three different alarm calls: Evidence for predator classification and semantic communication. Science 210, 801-803.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1980. The ontogeny of vervet monkey alarm-calling behavior. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 54, 37-56.

Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L. & Marler, P. 1980. Vervet monkey alarm calls: Semantic communication in a free-ranging primate. Animal Behaviour 28, 1070-1094.

Cheney, D.L. 1978. Interactions of immature male and female baboons with adult females. Animal Behaviour 26, 389-408.

Cheney, D.L. 1978. The play partners of immature baboons. Animal Behaviour 26, 1038-1050.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1978. Social relations among adult male and female baboons. I. Behavior during sexual consortship. Behaviour 64, 204-226.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1978. Social relations among adult male and female baboons. II. Behavior throughout the female reproductive cycle. Behaviour 64, 227-247.

Cheney, D.L. 1977. The acquisition of rank and the development of reciprocal alliances among free-ranging immature baboons. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 2, 303-318.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1977. Behavior of adult and immature male baboons during inter-group encounters. Nature 269, 404-406.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1977. A model of social grooming among adult female monkeys. Journal of Theoretical Biology 65, 671-698.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1976. Social relationships among adult female baboons. Animal Behaviour 24, 917-938.

Book Chapters

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1994. The evolution of social cognition in primates. In: Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolution and Ecology (Ed. L. Real), Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1993. Meaning, reference, and intentionality in the natural vocalizations of monkeys. In: Language and Communication: Comparative perspectives (Eds. H.L. Roitblat, L.M. Herman & P.E. Nachtigall), pp. 196-220. Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1992. Meaning, reference, and intentionality in the natural vocalizations of monkeys. In: Topics in primatology, volume 1: Human origins (Ed. T. Nishida, W.C. McGrew, P. Marler, M. Pickford & F. de Waal), pp. 315-330. Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press.

Owren, M.J., Dieter, J.A., Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1992. Evidence of limited modification in the vocalizations of cross-fostered rhesus ( Macaca mulatta ) and Japanese ( M. fuscata ) macaques. In: Topics in primatology, volume 1: Human origins (Ed. T. Nishida, W.C. McGrew, P. Marler, M. Pickford & F. de Waal), pp. 257-270. Tokyo , University of Tokyo Press.

Owren, M.J., Hopp, S.L., & Seyfarth, R.M. 1992. Categorical vocal signaling in nonhuman primates. In: Nonverbal vocal communication: Comparative and developmental approaches (Ed. by H. Papousek, U. Jurgens, and M. Papousek), pp. 102-122. New York : Cambridge University Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1991. Reading minds or reading behavior? Tests for a theory of mind in monkeys. In: Natural Theories of Mind: The Evolution, Development, and Simulation of Everyday Mindreading (Ed. A. Whiten), Oxford : Blackwell Scientific.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1990. Truth and deception in animal communication. In: Cognitive Ethology: The Minds Of Other Animals (Ed. C.A. Ristau), pp. 127-152. Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cheney, D.L., Andelman, S.J., Seyfarth, R.M. & Lee, P.C. 1988. The reproductive success of vervet monkeys. In: Reproductive Success (Ed. T.H. Clutton-Brock), pp. 384-402. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1988. Do monkeys understand their relations? In: Machiavellian Intelligence (Ed. R.W. Byrne & A. Whiten), pp. 69-84. Oxford : Oxford University Press.

Cheney, D.L. 1987. Interactions and relationships between groups. In: Primate Societies (Ed. B. Smuts, D. Cheney, R. Seyfarth, R. Wrangham & T. Struhsaker), pp. 267-281. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Cheney, D.L. & Wrangham, R.W. 1987. Predation. In: Primate Societies (Ed. B. Smuts, D. Cheney, R. Seyfarth, R.W. Wrangham & T. Struhsaker), pp. 227-239. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Essock-Vitale, S. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1987. Intelligence and social cognition. In: Primate Societies (Ed. by B. Smuts, D. Cheney, R. Seyfarth, R. W. Wrangham & T. Struhsaker), pp. 452-461. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Mittermeier, R.A. & Cheney, D.L. 1987. The fate of primates and their habitats. In: Primate Societies (Ed. B. Smuts, D. Cheney, R. Seyfarth, R. Wrangham & T. Struhsaker), pp. 477-490. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1987. Vocal communication and its relation to language. In: Primate Societies (Ed. by B. Smuts, D. Cheney, R. Seyfarth, R. W. Wrangham & T.T. Struhsaker), pp. 440-451. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1987. Danger recognition in animals. In: The Oxford Companion to the Mind (Ed. R.L. Gregory), p. 178. Oxford : Oxford University Press.

Walters, J.R. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1987. Competition and cooperation within groups. In: Primate Societies (Ed. by B. Smuts, D. Cheney, R. Seyfarth, R. W. Wrangham & T. Struhsaker), pp. 306-317. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1986. Complexities in the study of vervet monkey grunts. In: Perspectives in Primate Social Behavior (Ed. D. Taub & F.E. King), pp. 378-388. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Cheney, D.L. & Seyfarth, R.M. 1985. The social and non-social world of non-human primates. In: Social Relationships and Cognitive Development (Ed. R.A. Hinde, A. Perret-Clermont & J. Stevenson Hinde), pp. 23-40. Oxford : Oxford University Press.

Cheney, D.L. 1984. Category formation in vervet monkeys. In: The Meaning of Primate Signals (Ed. V. Reynolds & R. Harre), pp. 58-72. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1984. What the vocalizations of monkeys means to humans, and what they mean to the monkeys themselves. In: The Meaning of Primate Signals (Ed. by V. Reynolds & R. Harre), pp. 43-56. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Cheney, D.L. 1983. Proximate and ultimate factors related to the distribution of male migration. In: Primate Social Relationships (Ed. R.A. Hinde), pp. 241-249. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific.

Cheney, D.L. 1983. Inter-group encounters among Old World Monkeys. In: Primate Social Relationships (Ed. R.A. Hinde), pp. 233-241. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific.

Cheney, D.L. 1983. Extra-familial alliances among vervet monkeys. In: Primate Social Relationships (Ed. R.A. Hinde), pp. 278-286. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific.

Seyfarth, R.M. 1983. Grooming and social competition in primates. In: Primate Social Relationships (Ed. by R.A. Hinde), pp. 182-190. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific.

Seyfarth, R.M. & Cheney, D.L. 1982. How monkeys see the world: A review of recent research on East African vervet monkeys. In: Primate Communication (Ed. C. Snowdon, C.H. Brown & M. Petersen), pp. 239-252. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Seyfarth, R.M. et al. 1981. Communication as evidence of thinking. In: Animal Mind - Human Mind (Ed. by D.R. Griffin), pp. 391-406. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Seyfarth, R.M., Cheney, D.L. & Hinde, R.A. 1978. Some principles relating social interactions and social structure among primates. In: Recent Advances in Primatology (Ed. D.J. Chivers & J. Herbert), pp. 39-52. New York : Academic Press.

 

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