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habituate |
refers to the process of animals becoming accustomed to human observers |
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Who was the first to observe and interact with chimps? |
Jane Goodall |
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What do chimps eat? |
plants and animals (they hunt) |
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How long to relationships last in primates? |
life long |
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sociobiology |
behaviors that enhance survival last |
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what are the 6 types of residence patterns? |
1 male many females, 1 female multi male, multi male multi female, all male, 1 male 1 female, and solitary |
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polygynous |
refers to a social group that includes one adult male, several adult females, and their offspring |
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polyandrous |
refers to a social group that includes one reproductively active female, several adult males, and their offspring |
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monogamous |
refers to a social group that includes an adult male, an adult female, and their offspring |
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Which residency would show sexual dimorphism? |
Polygamy |
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what do males compete for vs. what do females compete for? |
Males compete for mates and females compete for resources |
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sexual selection |
the frequency of traits that change due to those traits' attractiveness to members of the opposite sex
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infanticide |
the killing of a juvenile or younger primate |
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why do males practice infanticide? |
to make the female available for his sperm |
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who is higher ranked, the younger or older sibling? |
younger |
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altruistic |
refers to a behavior that benefits others while being a disadvantage to the individual |
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kin selection |
altruistic behaviors that increase the donor's inclusive fitness, that is, the fitness of the donor's relatives |
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why do primates travel in groups? |
when primates became diurnal they got killed more by predators and the larger the group the less they were preyed on. |
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how much time does foraging take up? |
50% |
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how is success at finding resources determined? |
quality, distribution and availability |
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Do primates use material culture? |
yes |
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Why do primates make their tools? |
food |
