Re: Help - need definition of philopatry

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In article <328D42B9.284A@erols.com>, Hoff Stuart <hhstuart@erols.com>
writes:

>
>This is really a primatology question. I am reading "Great Ape
>Societies" and the words 'philopatry" and 'philopatric" are used without
>definition. They words are not in the unabridged dictionaries I have
>available. They are used in discussions of socio-ecology and seem to be
>related to dispersal. For example, "most females are philopatric, im
>most mammals". The roots of the word would imply remaining close to the
>male parent but that doesn't make sense. I assume that social
>interactions of apes are relevant to some of the hominid questions
>brought up here. Thanks for your help.
>
>

Try substituting "philomatric" for "philopatric" and see where
that takes you .
Or try "patriarchial" and "matriarchial" Try comparing a Gorilla family
to an
elephant herd.

W F VAN HOUTEN
Older. But wiser ?

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