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... species engaged in different lifeways as well as distantly related species engaged in similar lifeways . In doing this , we are looking at frag- ments of a gigantic natural experiment - life . A primatologist cannot dissect the skeleton ...
... species engaged in different lifeways as well as distantly related species engaged in similar lifeways . In doing this , we are looking at frag- ments of a gigantic natural experiment - life . A primatologist cannot dissect the skeleton ...
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... species may share a particular character- istic derived from a common ancestry . Such a trait may or may not have the same function in different species . The five - digit hands and feet char- acteristic of most anthropoids is a ...
... species may share a particular character- istic derived from a common ancestry . Such a trait may or may not have the same function in different species . The five - digit hands and feet char- acteristic of most anthropoids is a ...
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... species in a temperate woodland are ar- boreal . These figures are not surprising , they reflect the distribution of ... species were found to be living in the forest , represented by one hundred species of bats , 48 species of rodents ...
... species in a temperate woodland are ar- boreal . These figures are not surprising , they reflect the distribution of ... species were found to be living in the forest , represented by one hundred species of bats , 48 species of rodents ...
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TWO | 27 |
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