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33 Cards in this Set
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anthropoidea
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non-prosimians
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eocene
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epoch in which the first definate primate fossils are found
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tertiary
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geological period from 5mya to 65mya
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hominoidea
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superfamily of extant apes and humans
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2133
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tooth formula for new world monkeys
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prosimians
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lower primates
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sapiens
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speceis name for humans
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hominidae
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bipedal primates
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platyrrhini
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inferorder of new world monkeys
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hylobatidae
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siamangs and gibbons
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homo
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genus of contemporary humans
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brachiations
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arm-swinging form of locomotion
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canines
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marker of sexual dimorphism in baboons
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island hopping theory
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explanatio of how the new world monkeys arrived in the new world
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convergent evolution
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explanation of why species have similar characteristics but are unrelated -- ie: fish and whales
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derived characteristics
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traits taht differ from those of a common ancestor
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post cranial
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skeleton below the head
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quadrupedalism
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locomotion on all fours
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arboreal
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habitual tree-dweller
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diurnal
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having activity periods in the daytime.
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omomyidae
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early to late eocene
old and new world monkeys tarsier-like |
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adapidae
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early to late eocene
old and new world monkeys lemur-like |
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catopithecus
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late eocene
fayum, Egypt furst true anthropiod, retains some prosimian traits |
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aegyptopithecus
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early oligocene
fayum, egypt arboreal quarduped first catarrhine |
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parapithecidae (apidium)
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early oligocene
fayum, egypt possible ancestor to new world monkey 2:1:3:3 |
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proconsul
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early miocene
rusinga island, kenya dental ape protohominoid |
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victoriapithecus
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early miocece
rusinga island, kenya ancestor of cercopithecoids |
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kenaypithecus
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early to middle miocene
kenya protohominoid dental ape |
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sivapithecus
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middle miocene
potwar plateau, pakistan ancestor to orangutans |
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ouranopitheucs
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late miocene
greece stem ancestor to african great apes |
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laccopithecus
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late miocene
southern china possible ancestor of gibbons |
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australopithecus
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pliocene (later members in pleistocene)
east and south africa first definite bipeds in fossil record |
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gigantopithecus
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pleistocene
china and southeast asia 4th great ape only ape to ever go extinct largest primate ever |
