CAS WS 101 Lecture 16: Primate Evolutionary Behavior

• School: Boston University
• Department: Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
• Course: CAS WS 101
• Professor: Karen Warkentin

Document Summary

New world monkeys: anthropoids: hormonal control of sexual behavior is weaker than in other mammals + non- productive social-sexual behavior is common, diverse. Old world monkeys: catarrhines: homosexual mounting is common. Same behaviors serve multiple sexual and socio-sexual functions: hedonic motivation, orgasms. Gorillas: males have preferred male partners, some have one, some have serval, female-female sexual behavior lasts, on an average, 5 times longer than male- female sex and includes affectionate touching, genital fondling, etc. Chimpanzees: all males and females mate with multiple partners, engage in non-procreative forms of male-female sex: oral sex, manual genital stimulation, m-m and f-f sexual interactions are also common. Bonobos: sex serves as critical social functions resolves con icts, reassurance. !1: extensive repertoire of sexual behaviors and frequent sex in all combinations: m-f, M-m, f-f, adult, juvenile and mixed-age: females: 30-90% of sexual interactions are with other females. Wednesday, november 1, 2017 more f-f partners than m-f.