ANTH 3470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexual Coercion, Bornean Orangutan, Primatology
15 Dec 2016
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Anth 3470 09/02/16 lecture 5: primate evolution and taxonomy, part 3. Two major components of anthropological primatology: paleoprimatolgy, behaviour and ecology of the present non-human primates. The study of behaviour and ecology of primates lies within anthropology for two reasons: as anthropologists it is important to know what makes our closest relations tick, to make sense of the past/reconstruct human origins and behaviour. The study of ecology to interpret functional variations among living and fossil primates in form just what an animal eats, how it obtains food, and how it defends itself against enemies, and finds shelter. Social system: arises from the individual interactions within a society groups vs. solitary life (proboscis monkeys): 1. Primate group living helps protect against predators: groups increase best access to resources at hand, 3. Know mating structures, how to draw label, etc. Genus pongo: orangutans (pongo pygmaeus), scattered harem, asian apes, adolescent males engage in forced copulation, logging/palm oil production threatening population.
