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... living primates where function ap- pears to shape form or processes . The second major concept , homology , implies similarity of form attributable to descent from a common ances- try . Thus two now very different species may share a ...
... living primates where function ap- pears to shape form or processes . The second major concept , homology , implies similarity of form attributable to descent from a common ances- try . Thus two now very different species may share a ...
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... living things , including our own species . Much of this understanding is based on the study of analogous - that is , structurally different but functionally identical - forms . We presume that the wings of the butterfly and those of ...
... living things , including our own species . Much of this understanding is based on the study of analogous - that is , structurally different but functionally identical - forms . We presume that the wings of the butterfly and those of ...
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... living . auditory Relating to the sense of hearing . autonomic Self - controlling , functionally independent . avoidance Voluntary surrender of space or possessions , ignored by the receiver . basal metabolism The minimal maintenance ...
... living . auditory Relating to the sense of hearing . autonomic Self - controlling , functionally independent . avoidance Voluntary surrender of space or possessions , ignored by the receiver . basal metabolism The minimal maintenance ...
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Communication | 41 |
Sensory limitations on the perception of communication | 58 |
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activity adult females adult males Africa aggression animal's animals anthropoids apes appear arboreal Barro Colorado Island cage central chacma baboons characteristics chimpanzees color common baboon communication copulation cycle disease displays dominance status ecology estrous feeding field study foraging forest free-ranging frequently fruit geladas gibbons glands Gombe gorilla grooming Group composition habitat hamadryas hamadryas baboons Harlow hectares hierarchy home range hormones howler monkeys howling human infant infection interactions Japanese macaques juveniles laboratory langurs leader male lemurs lifeways meters mother move movements nonhuman primates observer occur offspring Old World olfactory one-male ordinary males Papio particularly patas monkey pattern percent plants play population predation primate behavior primates primatologists prosimians records relationships reproductive response rhesus monkeys role savanna sexual dimorphism signals sleeping social behavior social organization species spider monkeys Struhsaker study area subgroups subleaders Tikal tion trees troop variability vervet monkeys vocalizations Washoe