ANTH 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Hamadryas Baboon, Gelada, Primatology
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Resource-defense model: a group of individuals can defend access to resources such as food and keep other animals away from those resources better than an individual can. Predation model: a group of individuals can protect themselves better or even ward off attacks from predators better than an individual animal could. Group size is predicted by resource-defense and predation models. Advantage of living in a larger group for diurnal primates since predators have a much more difficult time approaching such a group without being seen by at least one animal. Female-bonded kin groups: primate social groups that are based on associations of females. Home range: the area occupied by an animal or animal group. Female-offspring unit: range overlaps ranges of other female-offspring groups and the larger ranges of the males (dwarf lemurs, galagos, orangutans) Monogamous pair: a social group, found among small-bodied apes and other primates, consisting of a single mated pair and their young offspring (gibbons)
