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I will send you my observation and captivity charts for the research paper once you are selected to work on the question.
at least 4 full pages of text – no more than 5 full pages maximum of text (not including charts, reference page, appendix)
Use 11 or 12 size font. Standard font such as New Roman Times
Requirements: at least 4 full pages of text – no more than 5 full pages maximum of text (not including charts, reference page, appendix) Use 11 or 12 size font. Standard font such as New Roman Times
Final Primate Research Paper: Instructions and Due Dates
Instructions
DUE DATES:
Due Sunday, March 24th – Submit the name of the two primates you will observe and the name of the zoo or research facility. If you will use a webcam or zoo cam, you must include the online links- Worth 5 points
Due April 14th- Submit jpgs (pictures) of the following:handwritten field notes (including drawings of your maps) of your observations of each primate (5 points)
handwritten captivity charts and the observation charts (total 4 charts/2 charts per primate) (5 points)
Due April 24th- Submit Outline of your final primate research paper- Worth 10 points
Due April 28th (OPTIONAL) Rough draft of your Final Primate Research Paper (worth 10 Extra Credit points)- must include formal charts, map drawings, screenshots, Zoo tix (if in person observations).
Due Sunday, May 5th (Cinco de Mayo!) by 5pm- Final Primate Research paper with formal charts, maps and screenshots: Worth 100 points
Total- Research paper is worth 125 points (all steps combined)
Final rewrite and submission of sections of research paper due Sunday, May 19th.
GOALS: DATA GATHERING THROUGH PRIMATE OBSERVATIONS
One of the ways that Physical Anthropologists approach the understanding of ancient and modern human social and cultural behavior is through the study of our closest living relatives: the Primates. In this assignment, you will become a Primatologist. Your assignment is to observe at least two different non-human Primate species through a live zoo cam or if you get a chance to visit an actual zoo or research facility and compare their behaviors to each other and then discuss how this might help us to understand human behavior.
You will be required to observe two different non-human primate species for at least a two-hour period (sometimes longer in a Zoo Cam)
You will record each primate for one hour each minimum or more until all your data have been gathered.
The data you are collecting are essentially your field notes: Notes you take while you are watching the two primates in their habitat (zoo, etc.)
You will conduct your observations from any live zoo cam or an actual zoo.
You should also choose two very different species for your observations.
I also strongly recommend finding out when they feed the primates and/or when the primates tend to be most active –this will decrease your chances of sitting in front of a computer screen watching your subjects sleep for an hour!
PART I: THE OBSERVATION
When you visit a live zoo cam you will systematically record and describe the behavior of two different primate species. How do you do this though? You will do this by collecting field notes. What are field notes? Field notes are notes created by the researcher during the act of conducting a field study to remember and record the behaviors, activities, events, and other features of an observation.
To begin you field notes, you will draw or sketch the cage with the primates and where the activities are taking place
Then you will begin to watch and start gathering your data through observations.
You should keep detailed field notes for this part of the assignment.Observe each primate species for at least one hour and describe what the animals do and how they look.
Try to systematize your data collection.
You will have data for each primate observed. It can be a list or a rough chart that looks like the one below.Your field notes can be messy, but it needs to have at least 15 observations for each species.
You will be required to turn in your field notes as JPGs, so be sure to take careful notes during your observations and keep them afterwards. Please be mindful of your penmanship since I will need to read them.
Be creative with your observations.
You must submit at least two screenshots and your hand-drawn map of the cages in the final paper.
PART II: THE FORMAL CHARTS
The formal charts will be typed and must be included in your final primate research paper (due finals week), however, the handwritten rough draft of the two charts (total four charts) will be due sooner.
The first chart is called: Observation Chart (one for each primate)
Second chart is called: Captivity Chart (one for each primate)
You are required to prepare formal charts using a computer program such as Excel, Word or Google sheets/pages. The first thing you want to do is set up the observation chart exactly as you see in the table below. Make sure you do this first before you start writing your paper.
Each of the categories should be present in the chart.
Each animal should have no less than 15 observations listed.
That is 2 charts of observations: one for each primate.
OBSERVATION CHARTThis is the most important section of the paper. The most important column is the last column, where you state why you think these behaviors are taking place in terms of natural selection. This is where you use all the material you have learned so far in this class. Go back to the Primate Social Behavior section and really think about what you saw and how it relates to your observations. By the time you conduct your observations, we would have talked about primate anatomy, primate social behavior, fossils and locomotion. We will be talking about human origins and our earliest hominid ancestors. Delve into the book, reader and my lectures to see how you can make these connections between human and non-human primates. I have a list of resources at the bottom to help you with your essay.
EXAMPLE: OBSERVATION CHART: HOWLER MONKEYBehavioral or Physical traitsPrimate Species Name and ID #
Observation of activity
Behavioral (B) or Physical (P) Trait (characteristic) Observed
Why is this happening in terms of natural selection?
For example: to increase fitness., and then you mention how?
Howler Monkey – 1
Pooped in its hand and threw it at an annoying kid making noises at it
B: Feces throwing
Driving others away, show dominance, protect resources and territory
Howler Monkey – 1
A scream so loud it sounded like a lion, howls like its name, probably why it’s called that
P: Voice box makes very loud sounds.
Those that communicate longer distances get more mates
Howler Monkey – 1
A loud scream
B: Loud vocalization when he hears other noises.
Maybe a dominance thing or territoriality. I will look it up. Do the females and males both do it? Or only males?
Etc. (15 observations for each primate species)
WHILE YOU OBSERVE
Things are happening fast, so there will be no way to observe and note everything, however if you note 30 or so elements, then you will have a good data set to use for the paper. Make a note of all behaviors you observe, including the individual’s range of movement within the enclosure, the nature of any interactions with other individuals, reactions to any external stimuli like loud noises, food procurement behavior, etc. In particular, you should watch for actions related to the following categories of behavior: food acquisition and sharing practices, mating strategies (i.e., monogamy, polygamy, etc.), social organization (i.e., large vs. small groups) and intelligence.
QUESTIONSHow do I know what to write? The first observation should always be something easy like something physical.
Column 1: These primates have five fingers, including a thumb (don’t use this example).
Column 2: Prehensile fingers for grasping.
Column 3: grasping allows the animals to survive in the trees, especially because they can grab branches with their feet as well.
Simply note the stuff that you see. You don’t need to focus on one animal; you could bounce around within the same species (in the same cage), that doesn’t matter.
CAPTIVITY CHART
Then in your notes write about the effects of captivity. Make a chart exactly as you see below for each of the two primate species you observe. What is the behavior that you see that captivity creates? Or changes from the wild? Note 5 things that captivity does to each of the animals.
EXAMPLE: CAPTIVITY CHART: SILVERBACK GORILLACaptivityPrimate Species Name/ID #
Observation
How is captivity causing this, why is it taking place?
Gorilla – Silverback – 1
Sat in one place the entire hour, never moved, stared into space
Captivity has created severe depression in the animal, completely affecting his behavior.
Gorilla- Silverback-1
etc.
etc.
Etc. (5 descriptions for each a species)
moved, stared into space
PART III: THE FINAL REPORT USING CHART DATA
Your final paper must be at least 4 pages of text – no more than 5 pages maximum (not including the charts, field notes, works cited/reference page, appendices with photos/map drawings, etc.). After making your observations, read back through your notes and charts and ask yourself: Do any behavioral patterns emerge? You do this by stepping back from the notes you have taken to assess the data as a primatologist would. Did some behaviors occur over and over? What behaviors seem to be most common and what sort of functions are they associated with (i.e., food acquisition, affiliative behavior, competition for mates, alliance building, etc.)? You have two animals with many behavioral and physical characteristics noted. What you need to do now is look for patterns in the data. What leaps out as significant to you in terms of comparing these two animals?
The point of the paper is to use the data from the charts you made and not data you may have found on zoo websites or from other websites. These are your own data, use them.
SECTIONS AND POINT BREAKDOWN
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND PRIMATE DESCRIPTIONSFor Section 1 of the body of your paper, describe very clearly what this paper will be doing, state the nature of your research, and finally, summarize what the research results were. In the next paragraph write up descriptions of the primates you observed at the zoo, based on your field notes. Be sure to describe any interesting behaviors observed and your general impressions of the primates. This section should also include the specific location of your primate observations (Zoo name, location and links) the date and time of your observations, the common name of the primates you observed (i.e., chimpanzee, lemur, etc.), and the scientific name of the species (Genus & species name). Use your own observations to describe the primates. Please do not use online source descriptions here.
SECTION 2: PRIMATE COMPARISONCompare and contrast the behaviors of the two primates you observed. How do the behaviors of the primates differ from one another? How are they similar? In terms of evolution and natural selection, why might these differences and similarities exist? For each behavior or physical trait – you must interpret why they are the same or different. Keep referring back to your chart. In particular, try to address different categories of behavior outlined above: food acquisition and sharing, mating strategies, social organization, intelligence. Try to determine if they share or don’t share ancestral traits and if they do or don’t why do you think.
SECTION 3: THE EFFECTS OF CAPTIVITYReflect on the Captivity Chart that you made. What are the effects of being in captivity and being on display in a zoo might have on the behaviors of the primates you observed. How “natural” do you think the behaviors you observed are? Would the primates act differently if observed in the wild? If so, can you explain why? Comparing and contrasting can be used for this section.
SECTION 4: INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN BEHAVIOR FROM OBSERVATIONS OF HOMO SAPIENS (AKA HUMANS)Finally, for Section 4 of the body of your paper, consider what kind of insights the primate behaviors you observed might give us insights into human behavior, either ancient or modern. Can you identify similar patterns of behavior in humans? If so, do you think that these patterns may come about for similar reasons as in the primates, or for different reasons? What, ultimately, can studying primates really tell us about humans, based especially on your work as a Primatologist? Explain why in terms of your data do they seem to be similar or different from each other and from Homo sapiens. Be thinking the whole time about traits and data. Could each species share traits with humans and not with each other?
SECTION 5: CONCLUSIONWrap it up – summarize everything from the other sections. This is where you tell us what the main takeaways were in your primate research. Summarize it for the reader in very simple and concise language. These are your final words, tell me what you think. You can briefly recap your main points.
SECTION 6: WORKS CITED & APPENDIXThis section is not part of the 4-page minimum. If you use online sources, for example, to learn the scientific name, then cite your sources with a Works Cited page. I suggest you use the APA citation style. Your paper must also have several appendices which should include your two screenshots of your live zoo cam observations: one for each species and any additional screenshots, map drawings, diagrams, etc. as well.
PAPER FORMAT AND STRUCTUREYour final paper should be written in formal academic style, with a clear introduction stating the thesis and purpose of the paper, a body broken down into the four main sections outlined above in Part III (all sections), and a strong conclusion summarizing your thesis and the results of your observations. If you have not written a formal paper before or have questions about formatting, grammar, etc., I encourage you to submit a rough draft of your paper to me at least several days in advance of the due date so that I can review it and provide feedback before your final submission. You will be graded on your spelling, grammar and paper organization. Papers submitted without an introduction will lose points. Late papers will not be accepted since it‘ll be the last day of school.
RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR RESEARCH PAPER
The EVC library can meet with you on individual basis, just fill out this Google form called Research Help FormLinks to an external site.
Academic Integrity information can be found in this EVC Standards of Student ConductLinks to an external site.
The Chicago Manual of StyleLinks to an external site. can provide information on how to use the APA citation style.
Here is a list of living primatesLinks to an external site. from Palomar College
How to write a conclusionLinks to an external site. from the Writing Center UNC
The following chapters from your Explorations textbook will be essential when you start developing your ideas for your paper:Explorations Chapter 2: EvolutionLinks to an external site.
Explorations Chapter 4: Forces of EvolutionLinks to an external site.
Explorations Chapter 5: Meet the Living PrimatesLinks to an external site.
Explorations Appendix B (Chapter 18): Primate ConservationLinks to an external site.
Explorations Chapter 6: Primate Ecology and BehaviorLinks to an external site.
Explorations Appendix C (Chapter 19): Human Behavioral EcologyLinks to an external site.
Requirements: 4-5 Full Pages Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced MLA Format Excluding the Works CIted Page | .doc file
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