ANTH 311 Lecture 10: Week 10-Lecture 2
2 Mar 2018
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Primates & disease: parasite: organism that lives and draws resources from host - must be detrimental in some way. Micro- vs. macro: disease: pathology of an infection, transmission. Intermediate host: zoonotic: transmitted from animals to humans. Endemic in most of the primate areas. P malaria: chimps -> humans; humans -> sa primates: vivax: derived from primates in se asia, knowlesi: from macaques. Natural history: black face, parted hair, reddened lips, slender, sexually dimorphic (males larger, locomotion: semi-terrestrial. Engage in bipedalism more than any other primate: diurnal, habitat: congo basin. Fission-fusion (large group splits into smaller groups) Trait- sexual behavior: sex occurs regularly (for non-reproductive purposes, socio-sexual contact develops before puberty, larger group = more frequent sexual contact, all ages. Female adults most active: all sex combinations. Same sex most frequent: all social status, often after aggressive conflict as resolution, often after aggressive conflict as resolution, before or during feeding, when females experience genital swelling, types.
