What altruistic behaviors have been observed in nonhuman primates?
What will be an ideal response?
There are many examples but the most common are chimpanzees coming to the aid of relatives
and friends, langurs protecting females and offspring under attack by infanticidal males, male
baboons protecting young from predators, and adoption of orphans within several different
species.
You might also like to view...
Medical anthropology, and anthropology in general, are developing in the direction of a __________
A) biocultural synthesis B) postmodern paradigm C) traditionalist movement D) ideological revival
According to the author, what contributed to the rise of the Iraqi insurgency following the 2003 U.S. invasion?
a) Resentment at their defeat b) Latent support for Saddam Hussein c) The imposition of neoliberal economic policies on Iraq d) Unhappiness at the slow pace of economic reform
TV programming that is culturally alien tends to outperform native programming when the alien programming comes from the United States, Great Britain, or France
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
European cave art
A) is concentrated in deep cave chambers that were otherwise uninhabited by humans B) appears to have been unrelated to ritual activities C) is concentrated in the open-air rock shelters that were commonly inhabited by humans D) is too crude to be interpreted E) appears to have been mainly decoration of the living place