... difference, and rank distance. For maternal kinship, weused the average degree of relatedness for kin categories(mothers and daughters, r=0.5, maternal sisters: r=0.25,grandmother and granddaughters, ... close, equitable,supportive, and enduring social relat ionships and showstrong and stable preferences for close kin and for unrelatedfemales who are close in age and rank. These findingsconfirm ... May and October), leaving elevatedislands edged with woodland. Baboons feed extensivelyon a number of tree species in these edged woodlands.During floods, baboons ford the submerged plains and move...