ANTH 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jane Goodall, Biological Anthropology, Food Quality
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Gibbons (lesser apes), orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees/bonobos, humans. Excellent brachiators- long arms and curved, hook-like fingers. Suspensory quadrumanous climbing (flexible hip and shoulder) Very sexually dimorphic- males up to 400 lbs (silverback) Very similar to chimps in looks, diet, intelligence but different in behavior. Look very similar to chimps but behaviors are very different. Gibbons are apes so they are hominoidea. Most likely to be observed in the rainforests of south america: baboon: old world monkeys, lemur: madagascas, pan paniscus: bonobos, apes, old world, capuchin: new world. Behavior: an action in response to internal or external stimuli. Includes responses of an individual, group, or species. Behavioral ecology: the study of the evolution of behavior, emphasizing the role of ecologival factors as agents of natural selection evolved together. Based on the assumption that all components of an ecological system have. Some aspects of behavior may be under genetic control and subject to natural.