Discuss the traditional evolutionary explanation of infanticide in Hanuman langurs

What will be an ideal response?


Traditionally, infanticide has been explained as a result of a new male killing young offspring of
another male so that the female will come into estrus and allow him to mate and produce his own
genetic offspring.

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Prehensile ability to grasp with five digits is:

a. characteristic only of apes and humans. b. a variable trait in the order. c. characteristic only of monkeys. d. the only truly distinctive primate trait. e. hindered by an opposable thumb.

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Refer to the table below. Holding employment constant at 1 worker, what is the marginal product of capital when capital is increases from 8 to 9 units?



A) 2 B) 4 C) 1 D) 6

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Humans and New World monkeys both have a 2.1.2.3 dental formula

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Today, from a molecular approach, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans are classified as:

a. prosimians b. haplorhines c. strepsirhini d. hominids

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