ANTHROP 2200H Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Kin Selection, Inclusive Fitness, Sexual Selection
19 Aug 2016
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Chapter 7: primate sociality, social behavior, and culture: primate societies: diverse, complex and long-lasting, diversity of primate societies. Refers to the process of animals becoming accustomed to human observers. Primates express themselves socially through a range of behaviors. Primates form various social relationships for the long term: primate social behavior: enhancing survival and reproduction. Natural selection favors primate behaviors that enhance survival and reproduction. Those members of the sex that expends less energy (males) compete more aggressively among themselves for sexual access to members of the sex that expends more energy (females) Interaction only for only sexual activity: primate reproductive strategies: males" differ from females". Frequency of traits that change due to those traits" attractiveness to members of the opposite sex. Females compete for resources to care for young. Females more selective in choosing mates: the other side of competition: cooperation in primates. Hunt in groups; share food; warning calls; groom each other.
