Primate Behavioral Ecology ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course will present and discuss the social lives of the nonhuman primates. Topics may include primate evolution and taxonomy and an introduction to behavioral ecology and sociobiology. Students will then examine and discuss select groups of living primates. The course will also explore several themes in primate behavioral ecology including reproductive strategies, sexual selection, behavioral endocrinology, cooperation and conflict, cultural transmission, primate cognition and conservation as we cover the wide array of factors related to the lives of the non-human primates. Highly Recommended (not required): Biology II with Lab ( BIOL 1201 ) or Introduction to Organismal Biology ( BIOL 1205 ) and Introduction to Population Biology ( BIOL 1206 )