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