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37 Cards in this Set
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separation of humans from chimp/apes
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4-8 MYA
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separation of humans and old world monkeys
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20 MYA
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separation of humans and new world monkeys
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35 MYA
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separation of humans and prosimians
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about 50 MYA
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apes
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chimps, gorillas, orangs, bonobos, gibbons (simiang)
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old world monkeys
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macaques, baboons, vervets, dianas
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new world monkeys
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capuchin, squirrel monkey, tamarin
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prosimians
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lemur, tarsier, lorises began 60-70 MYA
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distance from equator
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+/- 23.5 degrees
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south america
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new worlds, prosimians, monkeys
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african primates
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prosimians, monkeys (baboons, vervets), apes (gorilla, chimp)
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Asian primates
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prosimian, monkeys, apes (orang, gibbons)
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Linnaeus
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(1707-1778) Linne classified species on the basis of common morphology
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Lamarck
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(1744-1829) species transformed from a common ancestor
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Lamarckism
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children can inherit acquired traits from parents
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four parts of producing different species (darwin)
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variation, struggle for existence, natural selection, accumulation of favored variants
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Weizmann (1885)
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discovered germ cells (egg/sperm) are diff. from the others
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Baldwin (1861-1934)
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argued cultural artifacts may become part of an organisms inheritance through variation and selection
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fitness
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any trait that relates to the chances of one's genes increasing or decreasing in relative frequency in succeeding generation
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mosaic evolution
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parts of the whole can be independently shaped by evolution
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heterochrony
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different parts of the whole may have different growth rates in different species
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paedomorphic
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retaining juvenile traits
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neoteny
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retaining juvenile features into adulthood
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allometry
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scaling relationships among body parts
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pre-adaption/exaptation
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using pre-existing structure/behavior for a novel use
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"bottleneck" in evolution
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some event serves as a filter allowing on certain individuals to pass their genes on to the next generation
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Yerkes
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early advocate for primate research/conservation
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Thorndike
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law of effect, trail/error learning, comparative experimenter
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Kohler
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originated idea of "insight" rather than trial and error
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Harlow
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"learning sets", attatchment, mother love
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Piaget
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"genetic epistemology", stages of development
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home raised apes
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kohts (russian psychologist, color vision), kelloggs and hayes
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Leakey's ladies
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goodall, galdikas, fosse
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four types of locomotion
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vertical, terrestrial quadrupedalism, brachiation, bipedalism
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mechanical receptors
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transduce vibrations in earn into neural impulses
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anthromorphism
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the tendency to project human features on to nonhuman things
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tyson's pygmie
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"standing chimp" discovered in 1700s
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