Importance of Primatology in Anthropology

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IMPORTANCE OF PRIMATOLOGY IN ANTHROPOLOGY
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IMPORTANCE OF PRIMATOLOGY IN ANTHROPOLOGY1
1. Explain why the field of Primatology is important to the study of Anthropology.
What can studying nonhuman primates tell us about humans?
- Anthropologists display more interest in studying living primates as it provides the
learning about species similar to human being. It includes the study of human
behaviour, social structure, anatomy, and genetic code of primates. It helps to reveal
the main differences of human being and other primates.
Anthropologists find out the differences by determining the relationships of
the human history and the common ancestral order of biological development. The
study of primatology helps in anthropology to understand the evolving characteristics
of human brain development. For the physical anthropologists the nonhuman primates
helps to construct a broad framework.
The contribution of primatology for anthropology has a diversified nature. It
also involves some other field of studies including zoology, biology, and psychology.
The primatology helps in understanding the taxonomical order of primates. It helps to
understand the connection of living and ancestral primates. With the assistance of
primate studies anthropologists are able to understand the cross-culture of human
evolution.
It highlights the aspects including psychogenetic inertia and ecological
flexibility. Behavioural plasticity is another dimension that primatology opens up for
anthropology. Anthropologists observe some psychological pattern of membership
that vary with time and space. They observe the fluid nature of social dynamics
between generations, changes of size and membership influenced by ecological
factors.
These ecological issues comprises striking development of cognition and
suppleness within the anthropoids. Primates are important for the human being as they