ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthro 1001 Unit 2
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They are given human tests and they do very well on them. Gorillas are very gentle creatures that eat 99% vegetation and will leave you alone unless provoked. When chimpanzees get mad, they rip people"s faces off. Tarsiers are hard to distinguish between these two groups. Orangutans are more different from gorillas and chimpanzees than humans are. Descriptive the earliest trend in primate studies around the 1930s to. Observational 1950s into the 1970s; long term observational studies. Researchers would spend years in the field studying behavior and social organization. Known for her research of social interactions of chimps. Started her work in 1960 at age 26. She was hand picked to go into africa where she spent decades studying. For 18 months the chimps would run away from her. Known for her work with the mountain gorillas. Theoretical hypothesis driven research versus moving into the wilderness to see what there is to see; very specific.
