Chimpanzee Behavioral Ecology (BIO-0182)

Fall 2024 · BIO 0182 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Advanced seminar on current topics in behavioral research of chimpanzees and bonobos. Topics may include foraging, dominance, cooperation, adolescence, reproduction, culture, ranging, cognition, molecular ecology, and social relationships. Discuss behavioral flexibility of chimpanzees among different communities across Africa. Learn to collect and analyze behavioral data. Compare the behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos with that of humans and examine how these species might serve as models for human evolution. Prerequisite: ANTH 0044/BIO 0044 or consent.

Course codes: BIO-0182, BIO 0182, BIO0182, BIO-182, BIO 182, BIO182

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