ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tilting Train, Brachiation, Philopatry
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Walking, slow climbing (lorises), claw climbing and clinging. Body is propelled from one branch to another by hindlimbs. Knuckle walking: the middle knuckles are used to carry the upper body. Humans are the only ones that habitually walk upright. Primates are among the most social of animals. Comparative primatology: the systematic and scientific observation of the behaviour of living primates in captive or field settings. The study of behaviour in primates from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Based on ecology - how an organism interacts with their. Knuckle walking: the middle knuckles are used observation of the behaviour of living primates in captive or. Based on ecology - how an organism interacts with their environment and evolution - behavioural adaptation. Some aspects of behaviours have evolved through natural selection; but are also influenced by learning. Concerned with strategies - behaviours that are under selection because it increases fitness. Considerations of the cost and benefits to different strategies.
