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Shared primate trait “clusters”

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  1. Tree dwelling
  2. Dietary flexibility
  3. Extensive parental care
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What morphology characterizes primates? (think of 3 things)

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  1. Hand & foot traits representing flexibility
  2. 360 degree arm flexibility (collarbone placement)
  3. Straightened spine orientation
  4. 4 types of teeth
  5. Reduced snout & smaller area of brain for smell
  6. Cranial/soft tissue changes tied to vision
  7. Comparatively large & complex brains
  8. Direct contact placenta
  9. One set mammary glands
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Where are primates found?

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New World (central & South America), Old World (SEAsia, SAsia, SSAfrica)
Usually tropical or subtropical
Varied habitats!!

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Major primate division

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Strepsirhines and haplorhines (tarsiers controversially placed)

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Division of simiiformes

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Catarrhini (OWM & Hominoidea) vs Platyrrhini (NWM)

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Division of Catarrhini

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Old World Monkeys vs Hylobatidae (gibbons, siamangs) and hominidae

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Division of hominidae

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Orangutans, African apes & humans

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Strepsirrhine features

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  • Rhinarium (olfactory membrane)
  • Tapetum lucidum (eye shine & night vision)
  • Post-orbital bar
  • Vertical clinging and leaping
  • SMELL = primary sense
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Haplorhine features

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  • Fully enclosed eye socket
  • No rhinarium or tapetum lucidum
  • VISION = primary sense
  • Bigger comp. brain size than strep
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Ape features

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No facial hair or tails
Full shoulder rotation
Bigger CBS than monkeys and longer juvenile development

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New vs Old World Monkeys

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New World monkeys have prehensile tail
OWMs more likely to live on ground
Surprisingly similar given 30 million yrs separation

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How are primates socially complex? (3 reasons)

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  1. Differentiated social relationships - lifelong, invest in friendly behavior
  2. Socialize preferentially with kin - one sex typically leaves, other forms matri- or patrilines
  3. Triadic awareness - knowledge of outside relationships
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Deprivation studies

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Studies showing infants seek care and contact with their mothers and thrive the more socialization they get

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Characteristics of play

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  • Unpredictable, repeated sequence of movement
  • Open mouth and specific vocalization
  • Restraint
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Types of play

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Object, locomotor, social

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Factors affecting play

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Age & sex (F more than M as they age), social systems (solitary or not), resource scarcity

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Why play?

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Practice adult technical, social, locomotor skills

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Physical function of grooming

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Remove bugs from fur; relaxation

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Social function of grooming

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Establish and maintain social relationships

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What function replaced grooming in humans?

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Possibly language/gossip

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Function of non-reproductive sexual behaviors

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  1. Paternity confusion to prevent infanticide
  2. Bonding
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What is aggression?

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Behavior with intention of causing physical injury

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What is agonism?

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Behavior which carries threat of aggression (e.g. baring teeth)

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Contexts of aggression

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Interspecific - between species (competition or predator prey)
Intraspecific - within a species (competition between groups or within group)

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Sex differences in aggression

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Equal in amount, males more severe and likely to seriously wound each other due to risk to F’s offspring

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Characteristics of aggression

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Signaling first, then chasing, fighting using limbs (no weapons), possibly recruitment of others

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Dominance relationships

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Multiple fights resulting in a pair/ hierarchy where one always receives resources after winning all or most of the fights

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Long-term consequences of aggression

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Dominance hierarchies form and aggression becomes less common

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Frequency of lethal aggression & why

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Rare - logistically difficult to kill someone from your own species

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Cases of lethal aggression

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  1. Infanticide (males killing unrelated infants to gain more access to females)
  2. Coalitionary violence (chimp males set out to kill neighbors, 5-15 on 1, and gain territory or resources)
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Frequency of aggression

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Daily in non-human primates

32
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Reconciliation

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When individuals make friendly physical contact very soon after a fight (~2 mins)

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Consolation

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When a third individual goes to make contact after two other individuals fight

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Traditional view on costs/benefits of aggression

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Get whatever you were fighting for, but lose time & energy and risk injury

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New view on costs/benefits of aggression

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Still get what you wanted - BUT risk losing valuable social relationships if no reconciliation

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Why is there natural selection for reconciliation behaviors?

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Animals can maintain interdependency in groups, benefitting themselves & community

37
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Why do individuals reconcile or console?

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Reduce stress - observable w less self scratching

38
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Why study primate communication?

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  1. Window into primate minds & social systems
  2. Language = unique in humans, can this help us understand it better?
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Types of communication signals

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Olfactory, tactile, visual, vocal acoustic, nonvocal acoustic

40
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Traditional view of primate signals

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Limited, only convey info about sender’s identities

41
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What makes language unique?

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  1. Words defined by other words and given meaning by speech community
  2. Can represent outside world and abstract concepts
  3. Constantly learning new words and completely new word combinations
  4. No need for formalized instruction as a toddler to understand language
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Shared Intentionality Hypothesis

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As cooperation grew more important in early hominins, language evolved to allow better communication

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Kin selection meaning

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Natural selection favors behaviors which allow close kin to pass on genes b/c these are exact copies of an individual’s genes

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Inclusive fitness

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Your fitness + your relative’s fitness / their distance from you

45
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Kin selection case study

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Vervet monkey alarm calling - will call out to warn kin about a predator, but not if no kin present

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Reciprocal altruism meaning

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Doing a favor or helping someone who then returns it later

47
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3 necessary conditions for reciprocal altruism

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  1. Frequent association
  2. Long life span
  3. Good memory
48
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Reciprocal altruism example

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Chimpanzees will groom each other and give each other food reciprocally

49
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Sex differences in parental incentive

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F - limited by ecology/nutrition
M - limited by access to females

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Common forms of sex selection

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M - intrasexual (compete w each other for females)
F - intersexual (look for good males)

51
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What group dynamic is infanticide most commonly found in?

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1 male - many females
(other males want to be the one)

52
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Costs of living in a group

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Competition for resources, easier for predators to find you & your relatives

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Benefits of living in a group

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More individuals can detect predators/provide food

54
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Relationship between ecology and the sexes

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Ecology -> females -> males

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What makes up a social system?

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Social organization + social structure + mating patterns

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Social organization

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Group size, sex ratio, cohesion, dispersal patterns

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Social structure

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Individual relationships in a group, both positive and negative

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Mating patterns

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Polygyny
Bonded pairs/monogamy
Promiscuous
Polyandry (very rare)

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Dispersed sociality - def & example

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No permanent social group for adults - both M and F disperse
Ex: orangutans

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Pair bonding - def & examples

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1 M, 1 F, many offspring
Lack of sexual dimorphism and males more helpful
Ex: gibbons

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Polygyny - def & examples

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1 M, many F
Males are huge, competitive to be the one male in the group (also sole and group males)
Ex: gorillas

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Many M, many F - def & examples

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Many different setups
Ex: chimpanzees
Territorial, females disperse and males bond, promiscuous mating

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