ANTH 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Olive Baboon, Nairobi National Park, Birmingham City Centre

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Common features in primate behaviour may have also been present in human ancestors. Differences in behaviour within and between species hold clues to the adaptive significance of some traits. Some people use primate behaviour to attempt to define "human nature". Ground feeders in environment similar to that of ancestral humans. Analogy between them and early humans is ecological and adaptational. Didn"t work well because the baboons were all dominants from different troops. Characterized baboon social organization as male-centered and violent. Do not get into territorial defence if incursions by other anubis baboon troops. Contains sleeping place, food and water resources, and refuges from predators. Nucleus at the physical centre of the group: washburn and devore. Thought individual baboons never transferred from one troop to another. Baboons lack true language, but still more complex than most animals. Expressing emotional states of mind like fear, anger, contentment, etc. Grunt of contentment, warning barks: facial expressions.

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