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The programme looks first at a variety of social behaviour among many different; groups of primates in the wild and then goes on to look at deminance/subordinacy relationships among a group of rhes...us monkeys at the Yerkes Primate Research Centre in the U.S.A.
The programme looks first at a variety of social behaviour among many different; groups of primates in the wild and then goes on to look at deminance/subordinacy relationships among a group of rhes...us monkeys at the Yerkes Primate Research Centre in the U.S.A.
| Module code and title: | SD286, "Biology, brain and behaviour" |
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| Item code: | SD286; 13 |
| First transmission date: | 29-08-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:20 |
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| Producer: | Jack Koumi |
| Contributors: | Irwin Bernstein; Neil Chalmers |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Primates; Rhesus monkeys; Social behaviour; Yerkes regional primate research centre |
| Footage description: | Film shots of chimpanzees, gorillas, Japanese macaques, rhesus monkeys and marmosets. Commentary by Neil Chalmers introduces the programme by pointing out that all primates are social animals. Film shots of Japanese macaques in the wild showing a variety of social behaviour such as mating, care of infants, and competition within the group for resources. The commentary explains that these three aspects of social behaviour are common to most primates. Over shots of Japanese macaques making threat and submission displays, Neil Chalmers explains briefly, that conflicts within a group of primates are often resolved through agonistic displays between pairs of individuals. He introduces the concept of the dominant and subordinate animal. The rest of the programme is shot at the Yerkes Primate Centre Field Station in Georgia, U.S.A. Over shots of rhesus monkeys there, Irwin Bernstein first points out a dominance relationship between two animals and then, with the aid of animated graphics, explains how such a relationship will have arisen. Over more shots of monkeys, Bernstein explains how dominance is measured at the centre. He shows first how it is measured with a pair of animals and then when several animals are involved. Bernstein goes on to discuss the possibility of a hierarchy of dominance which would indicate the structure of the social group among rhesus monkeys. Animated diagrams and shots of monkeys while he talks. Bernstein examines the way in which the rhesus monkeys become dominant or subordinate in a relationship. Shots of rhesus monkeys showing aggression. An animated diagram is also used. Bernstein points out the importance of coalitions in establishing dominance. Over shots of rhesus monkeys mating, commentary briefly discusses the effect of dominance on reproduction. Finally the programme discusses the possible evolutionary advantages of the dominance relationships amongst rhesus monkeys. Shots of groups of rhesus monkeys in several situations which show a dominance/subordinacy relationship. |
| Master spool number: | HOU3819 |
| Production number: | FOUS195S |
| Videofinder number: | 2085 |
| Available to public: | no |
