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CS92PROD
Primates and Human Behavior
ANTH 344
Spring 2007 not offered

This course provides an introduction to primate behavior. Like us, most nonhuman primates live in groups that provide a complex social environment. We explore how social structure and social relationships are affected by competition for resources: how dominance relationships develop, how conflicts are resolved, and how friendships and close bonds are formed. Primates are particularly skilled at manipulating their social environment. In humans, language and certain mental skills particularly enhance such social expertise. For example, the mental ability to see the world from another individual's perspective gives us some insight into how other individuals may behave in different contexts. How well are these and other traits developed in nonhuman primates, such as monkeys and apes, and what can this tell us, if anything, about our own evolutionary origins?

Essential Capabilities: Speaking
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ANTH
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None

Last Updated on MAR-29-2024
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