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43 Cards in this Set
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prosimians
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lemurs, lorises, tarsiers
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anthropoids
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new and old world monkeys, apes, humans
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platyrrhine
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new world monkeys
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catarrhine
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monkeys of the old world,apes, and humans
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hominoid
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US apes, humans
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hominids
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humans only
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grasping hands and feet, nails at the ends of digits, increased reliance on vision, small litter size, long period of juvenial dependency
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primate characteristics
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these traits evolved b.c early primates were adapting to life in the trees
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arboreal theory
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these traits evolved because early primates preyed on insects
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visual predation theory
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arms longer than legs, broad thorax, mobile, flexible wrist, no tail, "stiff back"
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gorilla
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single male polygyny with a single adult male and several adult females and juveniles
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gorilla
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both male and females emigrate from their birth troop
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gorilla
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not territorial
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gorilla
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only 1 reported instance of tool use
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gorilla
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orangutan's genus?
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pongo
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orangutans are found in?
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Indonesia
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diets are frugivory, no evidence of meat eating
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orangutan
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slow tree climbers, arboreally adapted
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orangutan
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married sexual bimorphism in body size. with males 2x larger than females
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orangutan
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organization is noyau, which is dispersed single-male polygyn
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orangutan
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territory of a single male overlaps the territories of females
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orangutan
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social unit- adult female and her dependent offspring
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orangutan
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sticks used to open fruit and get honey or termites
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orangutan
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gibbons genus?
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hylobates
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gibbons are found where?
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rainforest of Southeast Asia
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frugivory- have high concentration of fruit
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gibbons
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brachiators
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gibbons
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less lumbarm more sacrel vertebrate to maintain "stiff bar"
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gibbons
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no tail
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gibbons
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y-5 cusp paterm on lower molars
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gibbons
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NO evidence of tool use
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gibbons
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territorial, both male and females participate in territorial defense
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gibbons
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old world monkey are found in
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Africa
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less closely related?
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old world monkeys
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narrower thorax
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old world monkeys
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less flexible wrist
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old world monkeys
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more lumbar vertebrate than hominoids
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old world monkeys
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arms ad leg length are more equal
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old world monkeys
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have a non-prehensile tail
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old world monkeys
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bilophodont cusp pattern on lower molars
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old world monkeys
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species with a polygynous social organization show sexual dimorphism in both canine tooth size and body size; males larger than females
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generalization
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evolved in polygynous species because males compete among themselves for rank in dominance hierarchy or control of group of females
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sexual dimorphism
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quadrupedal on the ground and in trees
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old world monkeys
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