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ANTH 214
Chapter 8 Key Terms
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
10/16/2013

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Ethology
Definition
The study of the natural behaviour of animals under natural conditions
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Homology
Definition
A trait derived from a common ancestor. Homologies need not to serve the same function
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Savanna
Definition
The open grasslands of the tropics. The savanna of Africa are important in early hominid evolution
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Shared derived characteristics are also known as?
Definition
homlogies
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Which trait is the most dominant in a baboon social hierarchy?
Definition
a large aggressive adult male
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Which behaviours are preprogrammed in our biology?
Definition
- the drive to walk upright
- smiling
- the bond between a mother and her offspring
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Which primate has been seen to hunt cooperatively and kill other small primates?
Definition
chipanzees
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which primate has been seen to use sex as a means of social group cohesion?
Definition
bonobos
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define ethnology
Definition
study of animals under natural conditions
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baboon groups range in what size?
Definition
2 to 200 individuals
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what is an example of tool usage among primates
Definition
termite sticks
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Scientists have observed what chimp behaviour?
Definition
- males attacking and killing other chimps
- social interactions such as kissing, hugging, bowing
- males helping their brothers in competitions for dominance
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Bonobos are found where?
Definition
Madagascar
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Which primates are our best analogies to human behaviour because they are our closest living primates?
Definition
chimps and bonobos
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