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36 Cards in this Set
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Strepsirhine primates are
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wet nosed- Lorises, Galagos and lemurs
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Haplorhines primates are
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Dry nosed
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Tarsiiformes primates are
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Tarsiers
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Platyrhines are
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new world monkeys
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Catarrhines are
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Cercopithicoids- old world monkeys
Hominoids- apes (including humans) |
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Anthropoids use what
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tail as an extra limb
three premolars |
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Catarrhines have what?
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no prehensile tail
two premolars narrow nasal septum trichromatic color vision 2.1.2.3 dental formula Old world monkeys |
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we rely on what to understand evolution in humans?
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Fossil records
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What part of the world do we focus on the evolution
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Rift Valley of Africa
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what species was "LUCY"
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Australophithecus Afarensis
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When was "Lucy" alive
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3 million years ago
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how tall was "LUCY"
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4 feet tall
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P. boisei was how long ago
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2.6 million years ago
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Paranthropus has what unique features
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Sagitttal crests
massive jaw muscles and teeth small brains |
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A. Africanus was how long ago?
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2.5 million years ago
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Australopithecus Garhi was how long ago and where
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2.5 million years ago, Eastern africa (not Noth!!!)
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A. Sediba lived when
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1.8-2.0 million years ago
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Genus Homo had an increase in what?
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Brain-to-body size ratio
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Genus Homo started to use what?
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Tools and they became more sophisticated over time
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"Turkana Boy" was what species
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African H. Erectus or H. Egaster
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How old was "Tarkana Boy"
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10-12 years old
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Turkana boy had brain capasity of what?
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900 cc (not human and not "Ape")
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"Java man" lived when and was what species
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.75 MYA and was H. Erectus in china
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Order of Homo species
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Homo Erectus
Homo Neanderthalensis Homo Sapiens |
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Multiregional Model:
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Despersial throughout the old world and simultaneously evolved to modern form
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Replacement Model:
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Single group that dispersed from Africa evolved into modern form
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Abiotic components are?
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Light, water, temp, wind, nutrients and pH
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Biotic components are?
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other organisms like predators
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The 6 levels of ecological studies are
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Organismal
population community ecosystem landscape or global Biodiversity |
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Semelparity is
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Big bang reproduction (salmon, century plant)
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Iteroparity
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Repeated reproduction (oak trees, humans)
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Carrying capacity is what kind of growth
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Logistic growth (K-n)/K
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Density-Dependent factors are
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Food and water
Predetation vector transmitted diseases territorial behavior toxic wastes |
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Fundemental Niche
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Set of environmental conditons that sustains a positve growth rate
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Relized Niche
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Set of Environments that population actually occupies it excluded to competitiors
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