POSTCONFLICT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AMONG BARBARY MACAQUES (MACACA-SYLVANUS)

We investigated the occurrence of postconflict social interactions in a group of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) that live in a large enc losure. We collected data during the mating and the nonmating seasons and analyzed them Wa two methods. Separate analyses for the two season s yielded very similar results. Reconciliation and redirection occurre d. But we found no evidence for consolation and postconflict kin-orien ted affiliation. The consistency of these findings with those on other species of Macaca indicates that reconciliation and redirection are t ypical postconflict social interactions of macaque victims.