- aggression
- 1. general issues
- 2. functions
- maintain fitness of individuals
- competition for mates, territory, resources, leadership
- protection of self, offspring
- dispersal of individuals (outbreeding)
- fear of strangers (xenophobia -Goodall)
- increase social bonds (deWaal)
- other
- hunting
- infantcide
- 3. controls
- dominance hierarchies
- coalitions
- reconciliation behaviors
- grooming, submissive expressions, etc.
- use of sex to reduce tension
- use of foodsharing
- 4. situations
- diminished resources
- artificial feeding
- restricted enclosures
- 5. gender differences
- male aggression may be more ritualistic (intragroup)
- females fights may be prolonged, dangerous
- 6. biology