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Essay Questions
Chapter 4: Monkeys, Apes and Humans: The Modern Primates
- How are the social behaviours of bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and
baboons similar? How can we apply observations of these behaviours to
theories on how humans evolved culturally?
- How does primate communication vary from human communication? How
are the systems similar? How does Anne Zeller’s research on self-awareness
and deception in monkeys fit into this variance?
- How do the physical adaptations of the primates point to an earlier
arboreal existence of a common ancestor?
- Discuss the issue of whether the difference between humans and other
primates primarily one of degree or one of kind, focussing on the discoveries
of Anne Zeller, Linda Fedigan and Biruté Galdikas.
- What impact did Jane Goodall’s discovery of chimpanzees hunting
for meat have on our interpretation of chimpanzee culture?
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