ANTH 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Taste, Ontogeny
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The organization of this chapter, and the information that it contains, closely parallels the lecture material on. In the introductory comments strier discusses the importance of primate communication in understanding their social behavior and their cognitive abilities. The sections on components of communication systems and modes of primate communication are straightforward and parallel the lectures (be careful not to confuse the components with the modes just because there are 4 of each). However, strier includes gustatory (taste) along with olfactory (smell) because these two systems are difficult to distinguish. The book also includes a more complete discussion of vocal. Communication, including the importance of a) vocalizations to allow animals to recognize members of their own species (species recognition) and b) long and short range calls for between vs. within group communication. Please be able to use the primate examples given to describe how and why characteristics of these calls differ.