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Joan B. Silk

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105

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14.2K

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Active since

1978

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

Arizona State University

University of California, Davis

University of Pennsylvania

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Joan B. Silk is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in animal behavior, social behavior, and behavioral sciences.

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Publications per year

1978–2022

105

Publications

105

Social Bonds of Female Baboons Enhance Infant Survival

Joan B. Silk, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann · Science · 2003 · 1.2K citations

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Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

Joan B. Silk, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman et al. · Current Biology · 2010 · 805 citations · Full text

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The benefits of social capital: close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival

Joan B. Silk, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 712 citations · Full text

Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members

Joan B. Silk, Sarah F. Brosnan, Jennifer Vonk et al. · Nature · 2005 · 574 citations

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Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies

Bailey R. House, Joan B. Silk, Joseph Henrich et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 444 citations

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