SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMATES
- Created by: Remya Salimkumar
- Created on: 14-06-15 22:25
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- SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN PRIMATES
- SOCIAL ORGANISATION
- Stable family groups called troops
- has hierarchy
- one dominant male (silverback) number of females, and their offspring
- dominant male protects others, leads in search of food and is the only one to mate with females
- As younger ones reach sexual maturity they leave to live along until they atract females
- one dominant male (silverback) number of females, and their offspring
- ALLOGROOMING
- all members pick parasites off each others fur
- reinforcesrelationships between indiviuals
- COMMUNICATION
- Variety of calls, displays and grunts
- signal danger
- issue threats
- play fighting
- Facial expressions
- Variety of calls, displays and grunts
- EXTENDED CHILDHOOD
- stay with mother first few months. starts to venture out after 6 months
- plays with others at 2+
- imitate adults to learn
- 3-6: silverback protects and teaches
- ADVANTAGES?
- females only give birth to few
- maternal care and group protection enhances survival
- Young learn through imitation and play
- learnt behaviour essential to survival
- Knowledge and protection of food sources shared with group
- greater ability to detect and deter predators if working together
- females only give birth to few
- SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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