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Birute Galdikas

Birute Galdikas. By: Jasneet Sangha & Dupinder Bains. Background. Born May 10th, 1946 in Germany Born after the end of WWII,while her parents immigrated to Canada Grew up and went to school in Toronto. Schools Attended.

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Birute Galdikas

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  1. BiruteGaldikas By: Jasneet Sangha & DupinderBains

  2. Background • Born May 10th, 1946 in Germany • Born after the end of WWII,while her parents immigrated to Canada • Grew up and went to school in Toronto

  3. Schools Attended Bachelors degree in psychology and zoology from the University of British Columbia

  4. Schools Attended Masters & doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in anthropology from UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)

  5. Work With Louis Leakey • Famous physical anthropologist • Funded for Galdikas' orangutan studies • In 1968, a camp was set up in Borneo, Indonesia to study orangutans

  6. Orangutans • A type of ape that shares 98% of its genetic material with humans • Native to Indonesia and • Malaysia • Among the most intelligent • primates

  7. Social Structure • Are not social animals like other apes • Primarily solitary (live alone) • Females stay with their young for 5-7 years

  8. Social Structure • Live in widely spaced communities • These communities consist of clusters of related females and males they prefer to mate with

  9. Social Structure • Adult males are the most solitary • Engage in threatening displays upon meeting other males • Share company with females for ONLY reproductive purposes

  10. Social Structure • Young orangutans are highly social • Bond with the same gender and age • As they grow older males move on their own • Females stay • near their • mothers

  11. Theory/Behaviour • Least violent ape

  12. Theory/Behaviour • Violence in males: • Males are intolerant of one another • Threaten one another • Results in aggression or avoidance

  13. Theory/Behaviour • Fights almost always take place in the presence of a sexually receptive female • Females rarely exhibit violent aggression

  14. Theory/Behaviour • Why violence occurs: • Dominance • Jealousy • Control/power • Unsocial • Aggression

  15. Violence In Society – Galdikas’ View • The causes of violence for orangutans is similar to the many causes of violence in humans. • Dominance • Jealousy • Control/power • Unsocial • Aggression

  16. Violence In Society – Galdikas’ View • Low tolerance • Provoked to do the wrong thing

  17. Statistics • Statistics Canada's 1998 report Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, which analysed data provided by 154 reporting police agencies, shows that: women continue to outnumber men nine to one as victims of assault by a spouse or partner; • in 1996 half of all family homicides involved spouses; • between 1977 and 1996, three times as many women were killed by their spouses as were men killed by their spouses; • girls are at greatest risk of sexual assault by a family member while between 12 and 15 years of age; • in 1996 nine of ten crimes committed against older adults by family members were physical assaults.

  18. http://www.cdnwomen.org/EN/section05/3_5_1_1-violence_facts.htmlhttp://www.cdnwomen.org/EN/section05/3_5_1_1-violence_facts.html • http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/pubs/women-femmes/violence-eng.php • http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/edu02_0020-eng.htm

  19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8J7jxc8_Pw&feature=related

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