Question

1- Briefly define the following types of primate behavior and give an example of each as

discussed in class, in your textbook, and/or as seen in observations in films: dominance,

aggression, affiliative, tool use, and communication.

2- Discuss the structural as well as behavioral changes that are the result of bipedalism.

3- Is it possible to use bone trauma to help solve a forensic case?

Please answer All of them. Thank you!

Answer 1

Question

1. The different type of behavior present in the primate are following :

I. Dominance : mostly primate live in the group. In this group males are dominant over the females and act as protector for their family.  

II. Aggression: this type of behaviour is used by primate to establish and maintain social order with in the group. For example, male partner of every animals are more aggressive as compared to females one.

III. Affiliative: this type of behaviour is used by primate to reinforce social bonds within the group. For example , chimpanzees show this behavior to maintain social interaction.

IV. Tool use: the primate use tools to make their work easy in the work such as cooking and farming. For example, the early men used hammerstones.

V. Communication : this behavior is used by primate to communicate with each other and understand their language. For example each animal have their own language which they used for communicating with each other.

2. The structural changes bring by the bipedalism are following :

I. It feel the hands which could be used for doing other work.

II. It allow to move to long distance.

III. Have wider range of vision

The behavioral changes bring by the bipedalism are following :

I. The organism have become more social.

II. The organism can do better protection to their family.

3. Yes, it is possible to use bone trauma to help solve a forensic case . This is because crack and fracture in the body can be used to know the exact picture of how the suspect have been died.