Research into primate personality and social relationships

About Primate Personality Net

Individual-specific behavioural patterns - that is personality differences - can be found in a wide range of species including monkeys and apes. From an evolutionary perspective, they are thought to reduce the pressure of competition between members of a species and to represent a variability reservoir for successful adaptations to future ecological changes. 

How can we categorise individual-specific behavioural patterns in primate species? 
Why do some individuals get along with each other, while others do not?
Are there any differences between primate species; and if so why?

Answering these questions can contribute to our understanding of how and why individual-specific patterns in behaviour emerge in different species and how they influence social relationships. This could also help solving current problems in animal welfare, zoo management and captive breeding, especially in the highly endangered species, such as great apes.