A population of monkeys lives in the jungle These monkeys

Last updated: 5/18/2023

A population of monkeys lives in the jungle These monkeys vary in intelligence Some factors that affect intelligence are genetic and heritable such as brain size and complexity Intelligence helps individuals manage social relationships and a complex world Social relationships are important to individual survival and reproduction because they affect whether or not individuals are not picked on significantly if they develop friends for protection if they can navigate complex social relationships or if they can manage multiple sexual relationships without offending their established mate Intelligence also helps them to handle both the finding food and avoiding the predators in their environment Could natural selection be acting on this population of monkeys