Primate Mating Primate Cooperation and Intelligence Early Hominins Oldowan Tool Makers Early Humans
100
Male
Gender that only cares for offspring if they can't find other mates and if their help would increase the offspring's fitness.
100
Mutualistic/Altruistic
Your roommate will vacuum the dorm if you do the dishes, a _________ relationship. You help your roommate study with flashcards for her midterm, even though she's too busy to help you study, a ______________ relationship.
100
The movement of the continents over a long period of time due to the floating of tectonic plates. (Pangea--Laurasia, Gondwanaland-- modern)
Define continental drift. Extra: name the early continents.
200
Sexual selection
The process that creates adaptations that allow males to compete more effectively with other males for females.
200
Inclusive fitness: helping those who share your genes; reciprocal altruism: altruism reciprocated by the subject.
You prefer to help your brother over a school friend when he gets into financial trouble (________). If he helps you when you are in trouble, then that is ________________.
200
Monkeys/apes
_____ use their tails for balance and walking and they sit as they feed; ______ feed while suspending themselves from their arm and move under branches while upright.
300
Intrasexual selection
Traits that arise that help a male drive competitors away from females (eg, large body size, large teeth).
300
Phenotypic matching (related to recognizing kin-- also relying on contextual cues, familiarity and proximity) (cross fostering proves that mothers need cues to recognize infants)
Evaluating kinship relationships based on smell or appearance to yourself.
300
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
The oldest known hominid.
300
Female choice of a mate based off of the male's attractive characteristics (eg, plumage)
Female choice of a mate based off of the male's attractive characteristics (eg, plumage)
400
1: proximity: opportunities to interact
2: memory: keep track of help given and received
3: discriminating behavior: you only help if you also receive help
Name three requirements of reciprocal altruism among nonkin
400
Wide, low ilium, long femur, tilted in; foramen magnum, arched, stable foot
Features of bipedalism.
500
Contest competition (/scramble competition, food low valued and evenly distributed)
Dominance relationships and direct fights arising from a situation where there are clumped, valuable resources. (Extra: what is the opposite of this phenomenon?)
500
Social intelligence hypothesis
Social pressures (must be able to keep track of members) and ecological pressures (finding, remembering food) reward greater flexibility, leading to expansion of learning and planning parts of the brain.






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