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Primate Sexuality ANTHROPOLOGY 500 Primate Sexuality 5 credits Spring 2009 T, Th 10:30 – 12:18 Instructor: Dr. Guatelli-Steinberg • e-mail: [email protected]; phone: 614-292-9768 • office hours: 4006 Smith Lab: T, Th 4:30-6:00 PM, or by appointment Course Description and Objectives This is an advanced course: Anthropology 200 is a prerequisite. Primate sexuality is an important area of research because it is integral to so many aspects of primate biology and behavior. It is clear why this is so: natural selection acts on the ability to survive and reproduce, and like most multicellular organisms, primates reproduce sexually. Research on primate sexuality not only enhances our understanding of non-human primate biology and behavior, but also provides a comparative context for understanding human sexuality and its relationship to human biology, behavior, and evolution. Aspects of both non-human primate and human sexuality explored in this course include but are not limited to: pre- and post- copulatory reproductive strategies of primate males and females, sexual behavior and response, sociosexual behavior, homosexuality, sexual dimorphism, the effects of sex hormones on the brain and behavior, inbreeding avoidance, differential investment in offspring by sex, and the connections between life history strategies and sexuality. My primary objectives in teaching this course are for you to: (1) gain a deep appreciation of how integral primate sexuality is to primate behavior and biology and (2) develop insights into human sexuality in a comparative primate context. Required Texts 1. Course Packet • Available from Zip Publishing • Web site: http://www.zippublishing.com • Phone: 485-0721; Address: 1313 Chesapeake Ave., Columbus 2. Why is Sex Fun? Evolution of Human Sexuality. 1997, by Jared Diamond. New York: Basic Books. 1 • Available from OSU Bookstore Evaluation Participation (Attendance, Discussion, In-Class Assignments): 40 points Paper: 80 points Zoo Report: 40 points Midterm Exam: 120 points Final Exam: 120 points TOTAL: 400 points Policies: • Attendance is mandatory and is part of your participation score. To get the maximum points for Participation you must not only come to class but also be an active participant: completing in-class assignments satisfactorily and contributing to in-class discussions. • As a courtesy to the instructor and fellow students, please be on time to lecture. Consistent lateness will affect your participation score. • Grading: There is no extra credit and grades are based on a standardized scale (93-100% = A; 90-92% = A-, 87-89% = B+, 83-86% = B, 80-82%=B-, etc.) • Late assignments will involve a 10% loss of the point total for each day late. • Academic Misconduct: The academic community regards academic dishonesty as an extremely serious matter, with serious consequences that range from probation to expulsion. Anyone caught cheating will be reported to the Board of Academic Misconduct. When in doubt, consult with the course instructor. Ignorance of the rules governing academic misconduct or ignorance of what constitutes academic misconduct is not an acceptable defense. • STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THEIR NEEDS KNOWN TO THE INSTRUCTOR AS SOON AS THE QUARTER BEGINS AND FOR SEEKING AVAILABLE ASSISTANCE FROM THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY SERVICES 292-3307, PRIOR TO OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER. I RELY ON THE OFFICE FOR DISABILITY SERVICES FOR ASSISTANCE IN VERIFYING THE NEED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND DEVELOPING ACCOMMODATION STRATEGIES. 2 Paper Instructions: • People with last names beginning with A – L will have papers due on TUESDAY, APRIL 23; those with last names beginning with M – Z will have papers due on TUESDAY, MAY 26. • Papers should be a minimum of 3, maximum of 5 pages. Please type, 12 point, double spaced, 1 inch margins. 10% of the total points will be subtracted for writing less than 3 pages, or more than 5. • References within the text should follow the following format: (Author, year). For one or two authors use both names. For 3 or more use “et al.” Examples: More than two authors: (Fisher et al., 2004) Two authors: (Crocket and Sekulic, 1984) • Bibliography must follow following format, as follows: Article example: Fischer J, Kitchen DM, Seyfarth RM, Cheyney DL. 2004. Baboon loud calls advertise male quality: acoustic features and their relation to rank, age, and exhaustion. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 140-148. Chapter in book example: Crocket CM, Sekulic R. 1984. Infanticide in red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus). In: Hausfater G, Hrdy SB, editors. Infanticide: comparative and evolutionary perspectives. New York: Aldine. P. 173-191. Book example: Altmann J. 1980. Baboon mothers and infants. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press • Give the full reference for the article on the first page of your paper. • You are expected to choose an article from the list distributed in class. Exceptions to the requirement that the article appears on the distributed list must be approved in advance. No more than two students may choose the same article for each assignment. (Articles can be obtained from the library or in some cases through Oscar on-line journals.) • In your paper, you must summarize the article you have read, critique/evaluate/give your assessment of the research, and relate the research to broader issues discussed in the required reading as well as in class. In other words, you are evaluated on how well you explain the research, how insightfully you evaluate the research, and how well you can integrate the article you have 3 read into the larger research question(s) or issue(s) to which it relates. Additional research is strongly recommended. More on next page • What I’ll be looking for in your papers: 1. Follow all guidelines as detailed above. 2. Organization: Be sure to have an introduction, thesis statement, an essay body that develops your thesis (first summarize the article you have read, then move onto your central points about it), and conclusion. 3. Your thesis statement should state your overall assessment of the article and the reasons for your assessment. This statement should come at the end of the introductory section of your paper: please underline it, also. 4. Clear writing and appropriate word usage. 5. Grammatical writing. 6. How well you relate the subject of the article to larger issues in readings/class lectures (this can and should also include reference to other articles). 7. How well you demonstrate that you understand topics covered thus far in class and in readings that are relevant to your paper. 8. How insightfully you evaluate the article (both positive evaluation and critiques). Here are things to look for in the articles you are evaluating: a. Does the author clearly articulate the hypothesis (or hypotheses) to be tested? b. Are the hypotheses logical? In your view, are there any embedded assumptions in any of the hypotheses which may be questionable? c. Is the data set large enough to adequately test hypotheses? d. If measurements are involved, does the author provide evidence that his/her measurements accurately capture the variable(s) of interest? e. Are the data that were collected appropriate and/or sufficient for answering the question(s) of the study? f. Do the conclusions of the paper logically follow from the results reported in the study? If so, why do you think so? If not, then why not? CLASS SCHEDULE Week 1 Tuesday, March 31 Topic: Introduction: Why sex? Reading: Ridley: The Advantage of Sex (Packet); Dixson: Chs 1 and 2 (Packet) Thursday, April 2: CLASS CANCELLED Week 2 Tuesday, April 7 Topic: Natural selection, sexual selection, and other principles Thursday, April 9: Topic: Primate taxonomy; Primate social organization and mating systems 4 Reading: Dixson Ch 3 (Packet) PAPERS ASSIGNED FOR A – L LAST NAMES Week 3 Tuesday, April 14 Topic: Reproductive strategies and counter-strategies Reading: Dixson Ch 4: 51-88 (Packet), Diamond, Chs 1, 2 Thursday, April 16 Topic: More reproductive strategies and counter-strategies Discussion: Battles of the sexes: Why, when, and to what extent? Reading: Dixson Ch 8: 217-224, 231-243 (Packet) Week 4 Tuesday, April 21 Topic: Sperm competition and cryptic female choice Discussion: Sexual selection and genitalic evolution Reading: Dixson, Chapter 9 (Packet); Diamond, Ch 7 Thursday, April 23 Topic: Sexual behavior and sexual response Discussion of first paper Reading: Dixson: Ch 5; Ch 11: Page 321; PP. 331-332; PP. 338-353 (Packet) PAPERS DUE FOR A-L LAST NAMES Week 5 Tuesday, April 28 Topic: Remaining issues in sexual behavior and sexual response; Review for midterm Thursday, April 30 MIDTERM EXAM (Covers through Tuesday, April 28) Week 6 Tuesday, May 5 Topic: Sexual dimorphism; Mate choice Reading: Dixson Ch 7 (Packet), Diamond Chapter 4 PAPERS ASSIGNED FOR M–Z LAST NAMES 5 Thursday, May 7 Topic: Sarah Martin guest lecture: fluctuating asymmetry & sexual selection Week 7 Tuesday, May 12 Topic: Sociosexual behavior and homosexuality Discussion: How do humans choose mates? Reading: Dixson, Ch 6 (Packet) Thursday, May 14 Topic: Sexual differentiation: body, brain, behavior; sex hormones and aggression. Reading: Dixson, Ch 10 (Packet) Week 8 Tuesday, May 19 Topic: Inbreeding Avoidance and Human Incest taboos Reading: Dixson Ch 4: 88-90 (Packet) Thursday, May 21 Topic: Parental investment: fatherhood, motherhood, lactation Reading: Diamond Chs 3 and 5; Dufour and Sauther (Packet) Week 9 Tuesday, May 26 Topic: Sex ratios Discussion of second paper Reading: Dixson Ch 4: 90-92 (Packet); Ridley chapter on sex ratios (Packet) PAPERS DUE FOR M–Z LAST NAMES Thursday, May 28 Topic: ZOO TRIP (9 am to noon) Week 10 Tuesday, June 2 Topic: Zoo discussion; Life History Part I Reading: Diamond Ch 6 ZOO REPORT DUE 6 Thursday, June 4 Topic: Life history Part II; Wrap–Up, Review Reading: None Week 11 Monday, June 8 FINAL EXAM: 9:30-11:18; Emphasizing last half of course (since midterm).
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