Research Station
Research Station
I) Migration will increase intraspecies xenophobia
Xenophobia reading
- How is xenophobia currently expressed in chimpanzees (West africa)?
- How is xenophobia currently expressed in orangutans?
- How is xenophobia currently expressed in gorillas?
- How is xenophobia currently expressed in bonobos?
As refugees move from one area to another, I predict that regardless of resource availability "in group" individuals will reject "outgroup" individuals -> xenophobia in humans
Mass migration reading
Range shifts in chimpanzees (quantify where the new locations will be)
- Where are the new locations for chimpanzees, where will they be?
- Where are the new locations, where will they be?
- Range shifts in bonobos (Unlikely to be useful, shitton of bonobo sites)
- Range shifts in orangutans
- Where are the new locations for chimpanzees, where will they be?
II) Increased environmental stochasticity will increase intra and interspecies aggression among great apes
- Aggression rates over time looking back years
- Increased intergroup aggression in chimpanzees as a function of time
- More violent dominance fights in chimpanzee groups
- Increased interspecies conflict between gorillas & chimpanzees
III) Increased violence & reduced resource availability dramatically influences great ape culture
- Reduced latency to full maturity (Kids grow up quicker)
- Significant differences in acquired skillset in youngens
IV) In-group cultural exclusivity - out-group xenophobia & increased aggression
Methods
Chimpanzees
1) Identify field sites based on range shift changes
Field sites with very long term datasets -> Gombe/Tuanan/Tai/Kokolopori
Field sites with phonologies
Field sites where surrounding areas are subject to illegal logging
Orangutans
1) Identify field sites based on range shifts
Why do we need to study this?
Climate change counters the narrative of conservation being a preventable evil by - It challenges the ideas of why we conserve, and
In many ways the apocalyptic conditions are ones that humans in many parts of the world are already living under, and ancient hominids already will have. Numerous bottlenecks have occurred in human evolution in the face of widespread habitat loss or . Similarities amongst multiple great apes can reveal common cultural
In our evolutionary history, humanity has gone through many climatic population bottlenecks due to natural disasters.
Humanity has reckoned with catastrophic events before that are population threatening - This research can
The Lake Toba eruption , and while the cause is disputed - east African chimpanzees, Bornean orangutans
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