Peter M. Kappeler is the head of the Department of Behavior and Ecology at the German Primate Center in Gottingen. He is editor of "Primate Males: Causes and Consequences of Variation in Group Composition" and coeditor of "Lemur Social Systems and Their Ecological Basis," Michael E. Pereira is a research associate at the Lincoln Park Zoo and a science teacher at the Latin School of Chicago. He is coeditor of "Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development, and Behavior," also published by the University of Chicago Press.