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social grooming: a standalone construct

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socialgrooming1 CONSTRUCTSocial groomingDUNBAR · ETHOLOGY

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Ethology

grooming of one animal by another, which in primates serves to build and maintain social bonds as well as hygiene.

In ethology, social grooming refers to grooming of one animal by another, which in primates serves to build and maintain social bonds as well as hygiene. This meaning comes from Dunbar (1991) in Folia Primatologica.[1]

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  1. Dunbar, R. I. M. (1991). Functional Significance of Social Grooming in Primates. Folia Primatologica, 57(3), 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1159/000156574

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