PSYC 471 - Primate Behavior

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Seyfarth. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001 and 131 or 133. This course will review what is currently known about the evolution, ecology, and behavior of our closest animal relatives, the nonhuman primates. Topics to be covered include the divergence of New World monkleys, Old World monkeys, and Apes; group formation and territoriality, mating systems; kinship, dominance, and reciprocity; social relationships, tool use, and intelligence.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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