SOCIOL 119

Main Course

Primate Societies

Description

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Limited to juniors/seniors. Selected topics on diverse behaviors and cultural forms of primate cousins, with special focus on baboons, chimpanzees, and gorillas. Examination of primate socioecology, sexual competition, demography and kinship, politics, communication, and interactions within and between groups. Implications for our lives as human primates. P/NP or letter grading.