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Academic Year 2002/2003

Primates and Human Behavior
ANTH 344 SP

This course provides an introduction to primate behavior. Like us, most nonhuman primates live in groups that provide a complex social environment. We explore how social structure and social relationships are affected by competition for resources: how dominance relationships develop, how conflicts are resolved, and how friendships and close bonds are formed. Primates are particularly skilled at manipulating their social environment. In humans, language and certain mental skills particularly enhance such social expertise. For example, the mental ability to see the world from another individual's perspective gives us some insight into how other individuals may behave in different contexts. How well are these and other traits developed in nonhuman primates, such as monkeys and apes, and what can this tell us, if anything, about our own evolutionary origins?

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ANTH    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Scott,Jennifer   

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: ZLKA106

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: 2   Jr. major: 2

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 5   FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Speaking

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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