Sexual adaptation: is female-male mounting a supernormal courtship display in Japanese macaques?

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dc.contributor.authorGunst, Noëlle
dc.contributor.authorLeca, Jean-Baptiste
dc.contributor.authorVasey, Paul L.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-21T21:11:51Z
dc.date.available2022-07-21T21:11:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionAccepted author manuscripten_US
dc.description.abstractWe analysed heterosexual consortships in a free-ranging group of Japanese macaques in which adult females routinely perform female-to-male mounting (FMM). We tested whether FMM is more efficient (i.e., a “supernormal courtship” behavioral pattern) than species-typical female-to-male sexual solicitations (FMSS) at prompting subsequent male-to-female mounts (MFM). In a context of high femalefemale competition for male mates, we found that (1) FMM functioned to focus the male consort partner’s attention as efficiently as FMSS and prevented him from moving away, and (2) FMM was more efficient than species-typical FMSS at expediting MFM (i.e., the most fitness-enhancing sexual behavior of a mating sequence). We concluded that FMM could be considered a supernormal courtship behavioral pattern in adult female Japanese macaques. This population-specific sexual adaptation may result from a combination of favorable socio-demographic conditions. This study has implications for the evolutionary history of non-conceptive mounting patterns in Japanese macaques and non-conceptive sexuality in humans.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGunst, N., Leca, J.-B., & Vasey, P. L. (2022). Sexual adaptation. Is female-male mounting a supernormal courtship display in Japanese macaques? Behaviour. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10161en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6268
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10161
dc.subjectFemale-to-male mounten_US
dc.subjectSupernormal courtshipen_US
dc.subjectSexual solicitationen_US
dc.subjectNon-conceptive sexen_US
dc.subjectSexual adaptationen_US
dc.subjectJapanese macaquesen_US
dc.subjectNon-human primatesen_US
dc.subject.lcshJapanese macaque
dc.subject.lcshJapanese macaque--Behavior
dc.subject.lcshCourtship in animals
dc.subject.lcshJapanese macaque--Sexual behavior
dc.titleSexual adaptation: is female-male mounting a supernormal courtship display in Japanese macaques?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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