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Adolescent/Adult Copulatory Behavior in Nonhuman Primates

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Few of the hundreds of studies of nonhuman primate behavior have focused on the sexual behavior of adolescents. Further, of the approximately 200 extant species of primates, only a relatively small number have been the subject of intensive fieldwork, and only a small fraction of these have been studied at more than one locale. In consequence, attempts at comprehensive reviews within the entire order immediately run up against some problems of comparison.

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Anderson, C.M., Bielert, C. (1990). Adolescent/Adult Copulatory Behavior in Nonhuman Primates. In: Feierman, J.R. (eds) Pedophilia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9682-6_7

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