Patterns of Primate BehaviorThis newly revised second edition introduces the perspective that a primatologist brings to an understanding of behavior. The text provides a framework, comparative attitude, & anecdotal examples. |
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... characteristic is observed to have a particular function in one species , that same function is inferred in other species ... characteristics are often difficult to interpret , and errors resulting in mistaken inferences are easily made ...
... characteristic is observed to have a particular function in one species , that same function is inferred in other species ... characteristics are often difficult to interpret , and errors resulting in mistaken inferences are easily made ...
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... Characteristics of this primate pattern include : 1 Preservation of a generalized or primitive structure of the limbs . The terms generalized and primitive imply that the characteristics are similar to ones found in phylogenetically ...
... Characteristics of this primate pattern include : 1 Preservation of a generalized or primitive structure of the limbs . The terms generalized and primitive imply that the characteristics are similar to ones found in phylogenetically ...
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... characteristics at the momen of conception , characteristics that structure future development , physical characteristics , physiology , activities , and social behavior . This geneti potential undergoes a long series of interactions ...
... characteristics at the momen of conception , characteristics that structure future development , physical characteristics , physiology , activities , and social behavior . This geneti potential undergoes a long series of interactions ...
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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 estrus 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 patas monkey pattern percent plants play population predation primate behavior primates primatologists prosimians records relationships reproductive response rhesus monkeys role savanna sexual sexual dimorphism signals skin sleeping social behavior social organization species spider monkeys Struhsaker study area subgroups subleaders Tikal tion trees troop variability vervet monkeys vocalizations Washoe