de Waal F B, Johanowicz D L
Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Child Dev. 1993 Jun;64(3):897-908.
Reconciliation, defined as a friendly reunion between former opponents shortly after an aggressive encounter, is common in the stumptail macaque (Macaca arctoides) but rare in the rhesus macaque (M. mulatta). Juveniles of the two species were cohoused for 5 months, after which they were observed with conspecifics only. Control rhesus monkeys, matched in age and sex to the experimental subjects, went through the same procedure without exposure to the other species. A threefold increase in the proportion of reconciled fights was measured in the rhesus subjects. The difference emerged gradually during cohousing with the tutor species and was sustained following removal of this species. Other behavior, such as grooming and aggression, decreased over time. It is suggested that the social attitude of the subjects was affected through contact with a species characterized by a more relaxed dominance style.
和解被定义为在激烈冲突后不久，前对手之间的友好重聚，在短尾猕猴（食蟹猴）中很常见，但在恒河猴中很少见。将这两个物种的幼猴共同饲养5个月，之后只让它们与同种猴子在一起。将年龄和性别与实验对象相匹配的对照恒河猴，经历相同的过程，但不接触另一个物种。在恒河猴实验对象中，和解争斗的比例增加了两倍。这种差异在与教导物种共同饲养期间逐渐显现，并在该物种被移除后持续存在。其他行为，如梳理毛发和攻击行为，随着时间的推移而减少。有人认为，实验对象的社会态度是通过与一种具有更宽松支配风格的物种接触而受到影响的。
