Primate behaviour advantages
- Created by: une-meduse
- Created on: 28-05-13 15:05
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- PRIMATE BEHAVIOUR
- A heirachy within a group exists where individuals have a place in the order of importance within a group
- This is often shown by individuals higher up in a hierarchy receiving more food, or having rights of access to mate with other individuals
- Social behaviour refers to that of organisms of a particular species, living together in groups with relatively defined roles for each member of the group
- Advantages of social behaviour in primates
- Females give birth to only one (mostly) at a time
- This enhances survival rate as group protection and maternal care is only to one rather than 10
- Greater ability to detect and deter predators as groups of individuals work together
- Knowledge and protection of food sources is shared within the group
- The young stay with the group longer, meaning they can learn by observing other members of the group and playing with them
- Females give birth to only one (mostly) at a time
- A heirachy within a group exists where individuals have a place in the order of importance within a group
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