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    Observing and Recording Behavioral Data on Local Wildlife

    Resource Type: Class activityInstructor: Chihiro ShibataTitle: Adjunct lecturerDepartment: AnthropologyCourse: ANTH 102 Evolution and Biology of the Human Species Description The class activity introduces students to observing and recording behavioral data on local wildlife that is often seen on QC campus, the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). The activity will take place in the second part of ANTH 102 (Evolution and Biology of the Human Species) that introduces students to primates, a group that includes human and nonhuman primates. Because wild nonhuman primates are not endemic or found in the US, squirrels are used as a proxy for students to experience field work in a familiar setting: QC campus. Eastern grey…