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What isn't social tolerance ? The past, present, and possible future of an overused term in the field of primatology

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DeTroy,  Sarah       
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Haun,  Daniel B. M.       
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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DeTroy, S., Haun, D. B. M., & Van Leeuwen, E. J. C. (2022). What isn't social tolerance? The past, present, and possible future of an overused term in the field of primatology. Evolutionary Anthropology, 31: evan.21923, pp. 30-44. doi:10.1002/evan.21923.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0009-244F-7
Abstract
In the past four decades, the term social tolerance has been utilized to describe, explain, and predict many different aspects of primates' sociality and has been measured with a large range of traits and behaviors. To date, however, there has been little discussion on whether these different phenomena all reflect one and the same construct. This paper opens the discussion by presenting the historical development of the term social tolerance and a structured overview of its current, overextended use. We argue that social tolerance has developed to describe two distinct concepts: social tolerance as the social structure of a group and social tolerance as the dyadic or group-level manifestation of tolerant behaviors. We highlight how these two concepts are based on conflicting theoretical understandings and practical assessments. In conclusion, we present suggestions for future research on primate social tolerance, which will allow for a more systematic and comparable investigation of primate sociality.