BIOLOGY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hunter-Gatherer, Diet Food, Ape
20 Mar 2017
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Hominoid ape diversification in time and space: hominoid social systems, origins of violence in human societies, morphological transitions through time during hominid evolution. Lineage diversity: evolution of suspensory locomotion and bipedalism. Chimpanzees take hunting to the next level: chimps listen for their prey and form a plan in order to attack a prey nearby, to catch them, chimps hunt by stealthing, taking up different positions around the prey. Drivers, blockers and most experienced hunter, the ambusher, They work as a team to: driver makes the first move, young chimp new to hunting, he has to climb out beneath the monkeys and flush them out. Friday, february 10, 2017: the team watches from below, poised for action. Chimps on the ground run around, blockers first, they must make themselves hidden. On the ground, the ambusher is on the move, his objective si to get further ahead. Picks a tree, hides and waits, trap is set.
