PRIMATE ENDOCRINOLOGY

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(Slashed with ANTH 58330 ) This course provides a comprehensive overview of primate behavioral endocrinology, with an emphasis on primate adaptation to maximize reproductive fitness. We learn to identify the major taxonomic groups and their behavioral and physiological diversity, and explore how hormones contribute to shape different primate societies. Throughout the course, we explore hormonal influences on sexual behavior, aggression and dominance, stress and energetic balance, social bonding and parental care, as well as field and laboratory techniques to study nonhuman primates in their natural habitat.