b)Provide examples of howler monkeys traveling in groups to gatherfood.B.Primates use communication systems.
1.Primate sense are similar to humans.a)Dr. Carl Hoffman, a researcher at the UC Berkeley Primate Center,explained in a personal interview conducted in April 1992:“Primates are one of the few species that use their senses likehumans do… They actually see, tough, hear, smell and taste likewe do”
.b)Show and explain visual aid of howler monkey using touch andsmell.
2.Primates use forms of nonverbal communication that are similar tohumans.
a)Explain Dr. Keith Fowler’s study of primates in East Africa thatwas published in Nature in 1998.
b)Show and explain visual aid of macaque showing anger andsadness.
C.Primates recognize hierarchal structures within their groups.
1.Younger primate respect older primates
.a)Show and explain visual aids of macaque and howler monkeys.
b)These examples indicate the recognition of a hierarchy, which isdefined by Random House Dictionary as “a system of persons orthings ranked one above another”.2.Females recognize a rigid structure within their groups.
a)Show and explain visual aid of South American Monkeys.b)Refer to Dr. Carl Hoffman’s study that was published in Science in1987: of 11 primate groups studied, all of them, but mostespecially females, knew their place in the group.3.Roving males are often outcasts from the groups.a)Explain Dr. Ruth Towler’s study that was published in Nature inDecember 1991: numerous cases of young males being excludedfrom the groups.b)Show and explain visual aid of roving males challenging thedominant male.
