ANTH 306 - Primate Behavior

Institution:

California State University-Bakersfield

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Description:

This course provides an upper-division survey of behavior and appearance of living nonhuman primates. Emphasis is placed upon assessment of primate behavior from three perspectives. An internal perspective that seeks to determine the impact of diet, reproduction, infant care, and social group mobility on primate behavior. An external perspective that provides an assessment of how ecological conditions, other primate species, and other animals affect primate behavior, and an evolutionary perspective that attempts to understand how living primates came to behave the way they do and the relative contributions of in-born, instinctive behaviors versus socially learned behaviors to primate activities. Prerequisites: ANTH 102 or BIOL 100.

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csub.edu

Phone Number:

(661) 654-2782

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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