Foreword Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Preface Carel P. van Schaik and Charles Janson

Part I. Introduction: 1. The holy wars against infanticide: which side are you on and why? Volker Sommer

2. Infanticide by male primates: the sexual selection hypothesis revisited Carel P. van Schaik

3. Vulnerability to infanticide by males: patterns among mammals Carel P. van Schaik

Part II. Infanticide by Males: Case Studies: 4. Infanticide in Red Howlers: female group size, male composition and a possible link to folivory Carolyn M. Crockett and Charles H. Janson

5. Infanticide in Hanuman Langurs: social organization, male migration and weaning age Carola Borries and Andreas Koenig

6. Male infanticide and defense of infants in Chacma baboons Ryne A. Palombit, Dorothy L. Cheney, Julia Fischer, Sara Johnson, Drew Rendall, Robert M. Seyfarth and Joan B. Silk

7. Infanticide by males and female choice in wild Thomas's Langurs Romy Steenbeek

8. The evolution of infanticide in rodents: a comparative analysis Daniel T. Blumstein

9. Infanticide by male birds José

P. Viega

Part III. Behavioural Consequences of Infanticide by Males: 10. Prevention of infanticide: the perspective of infant primates Adrian Treves

11. Infanticide and the evolution of male-female bonds in animals Ryne A. Palombit

12. The other side of the coin: infanticide and the evolution of affiliative male-infant interactions in Old World primates Andreas Paul, Signe Preuschoft and Carel P. van Schaik

13. Female dispersal and infanticide avoidance in primates Elisabeth H. M. Sterck and Amanda H. Korstjens

14. Reproductive patterns in eutherian mammals: adaptations against infanticide Maria A. van Noordwijk and Carel P. van Schaik

15. Paternity confusion and the ovarian cycles of female primates Carel P. van Schaik, J. Keith Hodges and Charles L. Nunn

16. Social evolution in primates: the relative roles of ecology and intersexual conflict Charles L. Nunn and Carel P. van Schaik

Part IV. Infanticide by Females: 17. Infanticide by female mammals: implications for the evolution of social systems Leslie Digby

18. 'The hate that love generated' - sexually selected neglect of one's own offspring in humans Eckart Voland and Peter Stephan

Part V. Conclusion: 19. The behavioral ecology of infanticide Charles H. Janson and Carel P. van Schaik

References, Index.