ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthropology Unit 2
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Chimpanzees (apes, not monkeys) are very aggressive, strong, work in groups and. They have depth of intelligence, emotional, natural intelligence, cognitive recognition, and social intelligence (behavior isn"t understood, but. Gorillas aren"t aggressive; very gentle; vegetarians works for them) attack individual chimps, cannibals. New world monkeys- have a geographic and physical distinctions. Old world monkeys- different distinctions in physical characteristics and geographic distribution. Taxonomy: proposed changes: name change in primate suborders: Moves the tarsiers: reclassification of the great apes (family names): Proposed changes: all hominidae; different subfamilies and tribe levels. Descriptive - people described what they saw and tried to classify them for 18 months as the chimpanzees were scared of her and would just run away. Observational long term, going into jungles, observing for years and decades. Discovered that gorillas are not savage or ferocious when unprovoked. Theoretical more popular today, look for genetics on behavior.
