ANT100Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Altricial, Cladistics, Behavioral Ecology
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Primates = special as study subjects b/c 1. Their geographical location (tropical forests) = susceptible to deforestation and hunting pressures thus knowing about them = essential to conservation efforts on their behave 2. Their biological similaries to us contribution to biomedical advances (i. e. via comparative genomics); at the same time challenging the ethical and biological limits of what it means to be humans. Proximate level of explanation aspects relative to neural and physiological triats. Ontogenetic level of explanation involved discovering the developmental trajectory of when a particular triat or behavior emerges during a lifetime. Ethnographic approach involving description of cultures, humans and otherwise. Ethogram the repertory of behaviors exhibited by a species. Woodland: habitat w continuous trees cover but less dense than forest, often open canopy. Activity budget: how primates allocate their time to essential activities. Predator sensitivity how vulnerable primates with different activity patterns are to different predators. Nrg minimizers (leaves, abundant) vs. maximizers (fruits, more rare)
