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22 Cards in this Set
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Ethnoprimatology
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study of monkey's and apes w/ cultural anthropology
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Longitudinal
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a study stretching over many generations of an organism
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Experimental
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Change an aspect of the environment to observe result
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Observational
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watch and record without interferance
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comparative
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compare species
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qualitative
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describing behaviors with words
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quantitative
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counting behaviors with numbers
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Important social behaviors(4)
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Grooming-stimulates endorphins and reinforces hierarchy
Scent Marking-can tell rank, age and reproductive cycles Facial expressions-Yawning can display canine teeth to show toughness, while presentation of hindquarters allows for checking out of scents |
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Where are primates found
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Africa
South Asia Central and South America |
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Zoo research-benefits and detractors (3/4)
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+-they can't run or attack and it is convenient to study them
--regular appearance of humans, feeding times mean no subsistence behaviors, inactivity and abnormal behaviors also result |
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Lab research positives and negatives (1/2)
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+-inexpensive
--confinement, shares many of zoo's problems |
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Types of Locomotion(6)
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1. Arboreal Quadrupedalism
2. Terrestrial Quadrupedalism 3. Vertical Clinging and Leaping 4. Semi-brachiation 5. Brachiation 6. Terrestrial Bipedalism |
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Sexual Dimorphism
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Males and females are different size, indicative of polygyny
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Polygyny
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1 male, many partners
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Prosimian Characteristics (11)
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1) Stereoscopic vision with eyes on side of head like a dogs
2)Post Orbital Bar 3) Partially prehensile hands and feet 4) Long snout w/ wet nose 5) Tactile Whiskers 6) Tend to have large mobile ears 7) Toilet Claw 8) Scent marking used more frequently 9) More often nocturnal 10) dental comb 11) many in madagascar |
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Tarsier Characteristics
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1) Arboreal quadruped
2) Large eyes, huge mobile ears 3) Scent marking 4) Dry nose 5) lacks a dental comb 6) Bony eye socket 7) Carnivore 8) 2 toilet claws 9) Lost lower incisors 10) Lower leg bones are fused 11) can turn head almost 360 degrees |
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E.B. Tyler
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cultures as survivals
scale of civilization Got away from racial explanations of cultural differences |
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Lewis Henry Morgan
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kinship
1st global study Ancient society: savagery(pottery), barbarism, (metalworking) civilization (writing) |
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Leslie White
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cultural determinism
culture in extrasomatic 3 subsystems: tech, soc, idea Energy x Technology--->Culture |
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Julian Steward
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Cultural Ecology
Multilinear Evolution Worked w/ Shoshone coined term band |
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E.O. Wilson
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sociobiiology-behavior is tied into genetic code
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Alexander
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Darwinian anthropology: cultural success means reproductive success
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