Primate Development Pattern

Female primates tend to give birth to fewer offspring as well as spending more time raising said offspring as these offspring have a much longer period of development. The cause for this longer period of development is due to the large sizes of the brains of primates.

The first primate residence pattern is polygynous, which is where one male mates with multiple females. Then there’s polyandrous where one female mates with multiple males. Another primate residence pattern is multi-male multi-female where there is low competition. There is also all-male groups that exist. In a monogamous society, one male is in a relationship with another female, exclusively. Then there’s the solitary residence pattern when males and females interact only for reproductive purposes. In the social groupings with a stronger male presence there would be more food availability since males are the hunters and gatherers, in the social groupings where there was a stronger female presence there would be more reproduction of offspring since females are the ones that reproduce.

In only going off of instinctive behavior, you are only doing what you can to survive, but not necessarily thrive. But, in using learned behaviors you can survive and thrive as learned behaviors build off of learned behaviors but only serve to make your life easier and