ANTHR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Alloparenting, Estrous Cycle, Termite
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These impose order by establishing parameters of individual behavior. Higher-ranking animals have greater access to preferred food and mating partners than lower ranking individuals. Males increase their chances of reproducing by killing infants fathered by other males. Behavioral patterns that contribute to individual reproductive success. Female: sexual selection, female choosiness, sexual dimorphism/dichromatism. Female baboon estrous swelling- how female baboons show they"re ready to reproduce. The basic social unit among primates is the female and her infants: except in species like polyandry or bonded pairs where males don"t directly help in rearing offspring. Males: role of male changes when reproductive behaviors change. Primate mothers do not have innate knowledge of how to care for an infant. Learning is essential to establishing a mother"s attraction to her infant. Alloparenting: everyone is helping out with parenting that"s not the mom. Autonomic response: physical response not under voluntary control.
