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Q Primate Behavior Report _ Research Paper Assignment* Option 4: Research Paper Summary For this option of the Primate Behavior Report, you will read 2 articles about gorilla social behavior and gorilla society. One of the articles is more general, and deals more with field studies of gorilla society. The second article involves a captive study of development of play behavior in gorillas. You then will respond to the questions listed below, completing your responses in full sentences and paragraphs. Please cite all sources used to answer the questions, including the 2 required articles, as well as your course textbook. Please include list of all sources in bibliography at the end of your report. Required Articles: (1) Harcourt, AH and KJ Stewart. 2007. Gorilla Society: What We Know and Don’t Know. Evolutionary Anthropology 16:147–15 (2) Maestripieri, D and S Ross Sex Differences in Play Among Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Infants: Implications for Adult Behavior and Social Structure. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 123: 52-61. After reading the two articles, please complete the sections of this form. Article 1: Harcourt and Stewart Article • What was the purpose of this article? • How do environmental factors (e.g., food) affect gorilla social organization? How does social organization affect the individual gorillas living in the social groups? • Describe the anti-infanticide and anti-predator hypotheses for gorilla social organization. • Compare and contrast the societal differences observed between Eastern lowland gorillas, Western lowland gorillas, and mountain gorillas. How do demographic variables and ecology influence the differences?• Summarize two major conclusions of the article. • Use the internet to research one of the authors of the article. What is the current position or affiliation of this primatologist? Also, list another publication (from past 5 years) authored or co-authored by this primatologist.

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The purpose of the article is to know more about the hominin evolution. The basic aim is to identify the characteristics of differentiation between gorilla lineage and hominin lineage