Anthro 1 Poem/Song Hall of Fame, Part 2, Fall 2013

Jason KimTai Forest Bond

Mangabeys, guenons:Interspecific allies.Primates, they unite.

Old World forest sky,Looms a threatening eagle.Mangabey alerts!

Others follow suit;all the mangabeys escape.Guenons hear and run.

Mangabey alarmsAre not for guenons' safety.Anyway, still helps.

Two-way benefits,Working for a common goal.Not just sympatric.

Nicole ProelsPrimate Locomotion

Sifakas leaping --Spiny forest eco niche,

Vertical clinging.

Monkeys in New WorldSuspending under branches

With prehensile tails.

Gibbons, siamangs:Long arms, short compact body.

True brachiation.

Pongo pygmaeus,Using feet as if were hands,

Are quadrumanous.

Marcela MoralesLanguage in Kanzi

Communication?Remember all the standards;Not always language.

Put soap on the ball. Is word order important?It must be grammar.

Apple; Triangle.No actual connection.Arbitrary? Yes!

Distant time and place?Displacement, we will get there.Pine needles in fridge.

Paolo YuhicoDifferences and Similarities of Monkeys and Apes

Apes are not monkeys.An ape has a short, broad trunk.They do not have tails.

Monkeys do have tails.Can be used to hang on trees;Those are prehensile.

Some apes swing in trees;Gibbons are an example.True brachiation.

Monkeys live in trees.Almost all arboreal.They are quadrupeds.

Both are Haplorhines.They both have bony orbits.Both have dry noses.

Mireya HigaThe Tarsiiformes

A tiny ball of primate furWith eyes so big, that’s for sure,In the darkness of a forest night,Holding on to branches with all its might.

So tiny yet merciless to its prey,It goes to sleep during the day.Its big eyes are one of its imperfections,But its head can turn 180 degrees in both directions.

Lacks a dental comb and has a haplorhine nose;Has an eye socket that is partially closed.The 5 species that are found todayCome from one family: the Tarsiidae.

Anthro 1 Poem/Song Hall of Fame, Part 2, Fall 2013

Sandy SunKin Selection (To the tune of “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele) When the storm is heading towards your kin,And maybe you will let them in,This is what is called kin selectionTo make your genes survive. Inclusive fitness is explained by math,And why parents make their kids take baths,And hope they will go down the right pathTo make their genes survive. B is the benefit to those you aid,C is the cost it may involve.Where benefit is greater than what’s paid, Altruism may then evolve. The key to this is relationship,Where r is part of the equation.Coefficient of relatednessOr, rB > C. R is .5 between parent and child,As well as between full siblings.R is .25 for grandkids you filed,And for kids from your siblings' flings. R is .125 for first cousins,Who may have children in the dozens.Nonrelatives may be husbands, For your communityTranscends biology.

Ricardo PalacioBecoming “Culture”

The rules we follow;Behavior becomes culture.

Let us get started.

It is something learned;A mother teaching her child.

Instincts do not count.

Culture is patterned.Randomness plays no effect

It’s systematic.

Two ways it is shared:Imitated and diffused.

Culture spreads around.

Not all about food!Think with your head, not

stomach;Transcend subsistence.

Practice makes perfect.Persistence is the key here

You’re all on your own.

It comes natural.There it is: what makes culture.

Now let’s spread the word.