Presentation 1 Outline

Male Parental Investment in Titi Monkeys (Callicebus)
                      and Barbary Macaques (Macaca)

An Introduction to Primates

I.  What is a 'primate'?
        i. Anatomical diagnostic features

II. Primate Classification
        i. Prosimians
        ii. Monkeys
                a) New World
                b) Old World
        iii. Apes
                a) Lesser apes
                b) Greater apes

III. Prosimians
        i. Physical/anatomical characteristics
        ii. Geographical distribution
        iii. Ecology
        iv. Unique traits of group

IV. New World Monkeys
        i. Physical/anatomical characteristics
        ii. Geographical distribution/Habitat
        iii. Ecology
        iv. Unique traits of group

V. Old World Monkeys
         i. Physical/anatomical characteristics
        ii. Geographical distribution/Habitat
        iii. Ecology
        iv. Unique traits of group

VI. Apes
        i. Lesser and Greater apes
                a. Physical/anatomical characteristics
                b. Geographical distribution/Habitat
                c. Ecology
                d. Unique traits of group

VII.  Parental Investment
        i. Definition
        ii. Introduction to male parental investment observed in some primate species
        iii. Overview of investigation covered in presentation 2
 

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