Studying mammals: The social climbers

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • identify the charactistics of primates and explain the main differences between the two suborders, prosimians and anthropoids
  • describe the detection of colour and estimation of distance in primates and explain the advantages of stereoscopic trichromatic vision
  • discuss the various types of communication seen in anthropoids and explain how playback experiments contribute to understanding vocal communication
  • compare and contrast adaptations in primates with adaptations in other mammals
  • compare and contrast how species reduce the risk of predation and avoid competition with other species.