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Classification of Taxa |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Sub-species |
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Morphology |
Shape or size difference in animals |
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Characteristics of a primate |
Large brain for body size Small litters and extended juvenile periods for body size Large eyes with stereoscopic vision Nails not claws Opposable |
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What are the the major groups of primates? |
Strepsirrhines and haplorrhines |
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What are some examples of strepsirrhines? |
Lemurs, Lorises, pottos, galogos |
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What are the categories of haplorrhines? |
tarsiiformes (tarsiers) platyrrhines (new world monkeys) catarrhines (old world monkeys, apes) |
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What are the features of platyrrhines? |
side-facing nostrils largely diurnal some prehensile tails |
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What are the features of catarrhines? |
front facing nostrils narrow septum some lack tails |
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What two groups can apes be divided into? |
hylobatidae and hominidae |
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Give examples of hylobatidae |
gibbons and siamangs |
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Give examples of hominidae |
chimpanzee, gorillas |
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What is a feature of hylobatidae? |
brachiation |
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What is a feature of hominidae? |
sexual dimorphism |
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What do all apes have in common? |
tailless big brains dependent offspring Y5 cusp pattern |
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What is a fossil? |
something preserved in the ground |
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Name 3 types of fossil |
body trace chemical |
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What information do we learn from fossils? |
evolution life-history behaviour |
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What date was the Miocene? |
22-5 Ma |
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What were the characteristics of the Miocene? |
originally warm and forested radiation of primates found mainly in Asia and Europe diversity of locomotory adaptions possible return to Africa? |
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Where are fossils from the Miocene period found? |
rift valley cave sites |
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What is taphonomy? |
The processes that happen to an animal between it dying and its bones being discovered |
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Where did hominin evolution take place? |
Africa |
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What were the key traits of a hominin |
canines larger than but a similar shape to humans (sexual dimorphism) round maxilla (upper jaw) small diastema (gap between teeth) knee shape angle slightly similar to humans
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