Anthropology 2265F/G Final: FULL ANTHRO NOTES
19 Dec 2016
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Questions asked, species, methods, interpretation all influenced by academic tradition. Ultimate questions: evolutionary function of behaviour: function: adaptiveness, phylogeny: evolutionary history. Proximate questions: immediate/recent contexts of behaviour: ontogeny: age-related development, mechanism: proximate causation foraging behaviour, anti-predator behaviour, agonistic and/or aggressive behaviour, infant care, and play behaviour. Chapter 1: introduction an introduction to primate studies. Primate behavioral ecology: explores the diverse behaviors among primates, the importance of preserving this diversity. Homo sapiens (humans) belong to the order primates; show ancestral traits. The rhesus macaque: rh factor discovered and humans share it. Timbergen: combining different levels of analyses is the most powerful way to understand why and how different primates behave as they do. Nocturnal: night active tarsiers, lorises, galagos, aye-aye. Energy minimizers (lots of rest) and energy maximizers (foraging and feeding) Insectivorous (insects), faunivorous (invertebrate and vertebrate), frugivourous (fruits), folivorous (leaves), gummivory (tree gums), nectivory (nectar) Understory, canopy, emergent forest levels vertical zonation.
