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The paper examinesBateson’s idea that social relationships can be described according to the degree that behavior is symmetric (mutual) or complementary (non-mutual). It was suggested that in primates complementary relationships are most typical and stable.Bateson’s definitions were quantified and applied to observations of paired rhesus females, showing that familiar dyads had complementary relationships, probably reflecting social status, while unfamiliar dyads had symmetric relationships. |
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