ANTH 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Brachiation, Jane Goodall, Paleontology
29 Aug 2020
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Great apes: chimps, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans. Small or lesser apes: siamangs, gibbons. Knuckle-walking: getting around on all four limbs. Apes: long childhoods: so that they can learn. The fact that chimps could use tools led us to believe that they are more complex and we accept that not only humans use tools. Chimps in different areas have different adaptations and different ways of doing things depending on where they live suggesting that there are different cultures of them. Chimps: males in charge, males form cooperative groups, violence is common, sex is male-controlled, visible estrus (when females are fertile, upright walking is occasional. Bonobos: females in charge, females form cooperative groups, violence is uncommon, sex is common; used to diffuse social tension, concealed ovulation, upright walking is common. What is the research question that the fil researchers are trying to answer: what separates chimps from humans.
