ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Postorbital Bar, Rhesus Macaque, Mate Choice
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Moist fleshy pad on the end of their nose. Lower incisors are long and make a comb-like structure for grooming and processing insects. Only found on the island of madagascar. Diurnal (awake in the day), eat variety of different foods. Type of natural selection that operates on one sex within a species. Differences between males and females varying by body size or shape. Period during which infant is reliant on others for nutrition, movement, and. Mothering (or fathering) behavior often depends on individual"s experience protection. Instinct (genes) + learned caretaker behavior (environment) = successful caretaking (phenotype) Rhesus monkeys raised with wire mothers were unable to develop emotionally and couldn"t form social bonds. Primate models for the evolution of human behavior. Behavior and morphology of modern humans reflects adaptations of our ancestors. Look for correlations between variables (morphological and behavioral) and draw inferences.
