Contributors 1: Bernard Chapais and Carol M. Berman: Introduction: The Kinship Black Box Part I. Who Are Kin? Methodological Advances in Determining Kin Relationships 2: Philip A. Morin and Tony L. Goldberg: Determination of Genealogical Relationships from Genetic Data: A review of Methods and Applications 3: David S. Woodruff: Noninvasive Genotyping and Field Studies of Free-Ranging Nonhuman Primates Part II. Kin Compositions: Ecological Determinants, Population Genetics, and Demography 4: Lynne A. Isbell: Is There No Place Like Home? Ecological Bases of Female Dispersal and Philopatry and Their Consequences for the Formation of Kin Groups 5: Guy A. Hoelzer, Juan Carlos Morales, and Don J. Melnick: Dispersal and the Population Genetics of Primate Species 6: David A. Hill: The Effects of Demographic Variation on Kinship Structure and Behavior in Cercopithecines Part III. Diversity of Effects of Kinship on Behavior 7: Ellen Kapsalis: Matrilineal Kinship and Primate Behavior 8: Karen B. Strier: Patrilineal Kinship and Primate Behavior 9: Leanne T. Nash: Kinship and Behavior Among Nongregarious Nocturnal Prosimians: What Do We Really Know? 10: James Dietz: Kinship Structure and Reproductive Skew in Cooperatively Breeding Primates 11: Fernando Colmenares: Kinship Structure and Its Impact on Behavior in Multilevel Societies 12: Andreas Paul and Jutta Kuester: The Impact of Kinship on Mating and Reproduction Part IV. Kin Bias: Proximate and Functional Processes 13: Drew Rendall: "Recognizing" Kin: Mechanisms, Media, Minds, Modules, and Muddles 14: Carol M. Berman: Developmental Aspects of Kin Bias in Behavior 15: Dorthy L. Cheyney and Robert M. Seyfarth: The Recognition of Other Individuals' Kinship Relationships 16: Bernard Chapais and Patrick Bélisle: Constraints on Kin Selection in Primate Groups Part IV. The Evolutionary Origins of Human Kinship 17: Lars Rodseth and Richard Wrangham: Human Kinship: A Continuation of Politics by Other Means? 18 Residence Groups Among Hunter-Gatherers: A View of the Claims and Evidence for Patrilocal Bands: Helen Perich Alvarez: 19 Mating, Parenting, and the Evolution of Human Pair Bonds: Kristen Hawkes: Conclusion 20 Variation in Nepotistic Regimes and Kin Recognition: A Major Area for Future Research: Bernard Chapais and Carol M. Berman: Species Index Subject Index