PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Sexual Selection in Primates: New and Comparative Perspectives

Successful reproduction is not always a cooperative affair but rather a competition between males with females having the final say Throughout there is conflict regarding when with whom and how often mating should occur This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behavior and the consequences of the interaction between the sexes. Primates. Why study primates?. Social behavior offers clues to human behavior.. Many ‘human’ behavioral traits are seen in primates.. Examples?. Behavioral analysis combined with morphological comparisons allow us to determine probable behavior of human ancestors.. Evolutionary Mechanisms. Genetic Drift . Migration. Mutations. Natural Selection. Non-adaptive. Adaptive. Natural. . . Selection. (1) Sexual Selection. (2) Constraints on Natural Selection. Pleiotropy. Chapter 10. Learning Objectives. Getting Oriented Toward Sexual Orientation. Perspectives on Gay Male and Lesbian Sexual Orientations. Sexual Orientation in Contemporary Society. Adjustment of Gay Males and Lesbians. Chapter 17. Learning Objectives. Normal versus Deviant Sexual Behavior. The . Paraphilias. Theoretical Perspectives. Treatment of . Paraphilias. Normal vs. Deviant Behavior. The . Paraphilias. The . Paraphilias. Michael is fat. Garfield is fatter than Michael. Justin . Bieber. is the fattest.. The adjectives . fat, fatter . and . fattest. are called the positive, comparative and superlative respectively.. For most adjectives of one syllable and some two-syllable adjectives . Evolutionary Mechanisms. Genetic Drift . Migration. Mutations. Natural Selection. Non-adaptive. Adaptive. Natural. . . Selection. (1) Sexual Selection. (2) Constraints on Natural Selection. Pleiotropy. 2 Divisions of Primates. 1. Anthropoid primates. 2. . Prosimean. primates. Characteristics:. Nails (no claws). Prehensile hands and feet (grasping). Color vision and depth perception. Anthropoid Primates. The comparative can sometimes feel like a hard topic to tackle because you’ve never had a question like this before. . But try not to be . daunted! . Introduction to Comparative. Comparative simply means . Primates as Mammals. Intelligence. Born Live. Milk at birth. Stage of Learning. Skeletal System. Teeth. Way of Life. Activity Level. Specialized Vision. Primate Intelligence. Brain size larger, specifically in cerebral hemisphere (areas supporting conscious thought). What is “Bioinformatics”?. National Institutes of Health Definition: . Research, development, or application of . computational tools and approaches. for . expanding the use of biological. , medical, behavioral or health . Primates Jesse Laitman Barret Cohen Jason Bravo Research AIDS Scientists study through SIV Certain kinds of Immunodeficiency viruses can survive in primates but does not kill them Cancer Baboons Cell separation technique Lori Marino. The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy. Convergent Minds. The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity. Boston . University 2015. Outline. What is convergence?. Background on primate and cetacean evolution. The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of new highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until now, our understanding of the possible impact of seasonality on this shift has been limited because we have little general knowledge of how seasonality affects the lives of primates. This book documents the extent of seasonality in food abundance in tropical woody vegetation. It then presents a systematic analysis of seasonality\'s impact in food supply on the behavioral ecology of non-human primates and ultimately applies its conclusions to primate and human evolution. Primates . Primates are a group of placental mammals . They include lemurs, monkeys apes and humans . Parental Care . Primates invest a long time in parental care for a small number of offspring . Primate offspring are almost helpless when they are first born.