What are the advantages of being social for primates? What altruistic behaviors have been observed in nonhuman primates? What is behavioral ecology? List and discuss four factors that influence and affect the social structure of a given species. What similarities and differences can be drawn between nonhuman and human primate social structures?

What are the advantages of being social for primates? What altruistic behaviors have been observed in nonhuman primates? What is behavioral ecology? List and discuss four factors that influence and affect the social structure of a given species. What similarities and differences can be drawn between nonhuman and human primate social structures?

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305967359

Author:STARR

Publisher:STARR

Chapter39: Animal Behavior

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