ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dian Fossey, Louis Leakey, Jane Goodall
23 Nov 2016
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Identify those conditions can make inferences how those primates behave. Began in 50-60s, efforts spent on understanding primates but changed to spend time studying wild primates (jane goodall, dian fossey, brute galdikas, louis leakey). Revolves around 3 biological imperatives: sex and reproduction, food, protection from predators: sex: access to mates and reproduction. Male have greater reproductive potential than females: once a female is pregnant, she cannot get pregnant again, primates infants are dependent on their mothers for a long time after they are born. Interbirth intervals- extends even further the minimum time between pregnancies: primates tend to give birth to single offspring at a time. Females can only have a limited number of babies over her lifetime. Because of reproductive asymmetry, have different considerations: reproduction and group living. Through natural selection, larger males can pass on genes more. Sexual dimorphism, female want to mate with male with advantageous genes. A direct result of intense competition of male fighting for females.
