ANTH305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Comparative Anatomy, Human Sexual Activity, Sperm Donation
28 Feb 2017
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Lec 7: alloparents, sperm donor, woman"s brothers. Matrilineal: male perspective, following different strategy, can contribute to offspring, focusing on women 15-45 fecund, doesn"t have to really wait to reproduce. Alan dixon book- sexual selection and the origin of human mating systems: human mating, patterns of mate choice, patterns of copulatory behavior, main points, fossil hominids. Cant tell us directly about human sexual behavior. Must know which fossils belong to what species: genetic studies. Suggest ancestors of hominids arose in africa from. Follows out of africa model: map that links decedents from africa, studies non-human primates. Well-acclimated populations in field settings: chapter 1, comparative anatomy. Reproductive organs: between human and non human primates. Precopulatory: male-male competition for greater access to females, female choice amoung potential male partners. Copulatory: females may mate with multiple partners. Sperm competition: not a human trait. Post-copulatory: cryptic female choice, body accepts certain sperm, cross cultural anthropological studies.
