ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTH 1001 Unit 2
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Different kinds of primates: prosimians, not a monkey but related to them, new world monkeys, geographic distinction. Found only in north and south america: have tails that can wrap around trees. Different skeletal structure in face: old world monkeys, taxonomic difference, found in asia, africa, and south pacific. Not so much in europe: apes, do not have tails. Very big: chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys! We owe our knowledge of gorillas to her. She was murdered in her cabin: birute galdikas- studied the orangutan, all 3 were funded by louis leeke, theoretical, theory based researched. More specific than just going out to see what you see. Specific research intent: sociobiological theory- theoretical perspective looking at relationship between social behavior and genetics, socioecological theory- theoretical perspective looking at relationship between social behavior and environmental circumstances. Primate geographic distribution: in their natural habitats, primates group in different places, found mainly in tropical or subtropical equatorial regions (ex.
