Savanna chimps exhibit human-like sharing behavior, anthropologists say
sciencedaily.comScienceDaily (Dec. 1, 2011) — Sharing food has widely been considered by scholars as a defining characteristic of human behavior. But a new study by Iowa State University anthropology professor Jill Pruetz now reports that chimpanzees from her Fongoli research site in Senegal also frequently share food and hunting tools with other chimps.
Read part of the article my Primate Behavior professor posted.
Omg.
The excitement level for this class, is pretty high.
I love primates so much.
I love this professor anyway, she taught my Economic Anthropology class.
This semester I actually have her for Primate Behavior and Peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.
haha, she is a great example of a do all Anthropologist.
Wait, there are less than one million primates in the world?
Of course not.
The data refer to the family Hominidae (great apes), humans excluded.
According to the UNESCO, the populations of all species are extremely low, or are falling rapidly.
Bonobos, which are found in only one ecosystem in Congo DR, were estimated at 50,000. However, now, after years of civil war, there may be as few as 10,000 left. This species is the most likely to become extinct if no urgent action is taken.
Chimpanzees, spread widely across Africa, are currently more numerous, but are also subject to hunting and habitat loss.
The mountain gorillas, of the Virunga volcanos, bordering Congo DR, Rwanda and Uganda, have a tiny but relatively stable population of around 700 individuals. The Cross River Gorilla, inhabiting transborder areas between Nigeria and Cameroon, numbers only about 200 individuals, in isolated pockets. Lowland gorillas of the large Congo basin number around 100,000; however numbers are declining fast.
Orangutans total numbers range from 50,000 to 100,000.
