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Prognathism
Protruding Jaw
Foramen magnum
Where the spine enters the skull/brain
Platyrrhines
New World Monkeys

Flat, outward-flaring nostrils
Cattarrhines
Old World Monkeys

Narrow Nostrils
Prosimians
"Pre-monkeys"
Brachiation
Swing from branches
Majority of Primates
Anthropoids
Members of the suborder Anthropoidea,
Including monkeys, apes, and humans
Diurnal
Active during the day
Cathemeral
Active during night and day
Terrestrial
Ground living
Arboreal
Tree living
Petrosal Bulla
Cheek bone, only some primates and humans have
Dental Formula
Quick way of saying how many of each type of tooth a certain species has.
Small Apes
Gibbons
Siamangs
Large Apes
Orangutans
Gorillas
Chimps
Bonobos
Pongid
Pongidae family
Includes: Gorillas, Chimps, and bonobos
Fayum Depression
Area of present-day desert west of Cairo, Egypt, where many important early primate fossils were preserved.
Contemporary Primates
All primate groups living today, including humans
Primatology
Scientific study of any or all 250+ contemporary primates
Madagascar
Lemurs
Africa
Loris
Potto
Galago
Southeast Asia
Tree Shrew
Tarsier
Most Primitive Prosimian
Tree Shrew
Primates:
Brain?
Hands?
Vision?
Offspring?
Social Life?
Big Brains
Opposable Thumbs
Good vision, can see color
1 young every 4-5 years, long infancy, childhood
live in groups
Old World Monkeys
Narrow nostrils
more intelligent
more tempermental
less teeth
Ischial Callosities
Ischial Callosities
"Buttpads"
Prehensile tail
Can be used.
5 types of apes
Gibben
Orangutan
African Apes
Gorillas
Chimps
Man VS Ape
Brain
and
Posture
Bigger brain cavity therefore smaller face

Erect, single curve back.
Early Miocene Apes
Types and Years
23-18 mil years ago
Proconsulids
Morotopithecus
Middle Miocene Apes
Types and Years
18-10 mil years ago
Sivapithecus
Dryopithecus
Late Miocene/ Early Pliocene Apes
1-5 mil years ago
Oreopithecus
The Ramapithecus/ Kenyapithecus is what type Miocene Ape?
Sivapithecus
Paleocine
Tree Shrews
Eocene
Lemurs and Tarsiers
Oligocene
New World and Old World Monkeys
Pliocene
Giganto
Oreo
Proconsulids
Earliest Apes
-45 tooth pattern
-No tail
Morotopithecus
discovered in '94-'95
-early as 20mil years ago
-moving towards brachiation
Sivapithecus
Identified by jaws and teeth
-Quadrupedal and mostly
-terrestrial
Dryopithecus
Europe and Africa
-thin molar enamel
-Brachiated, most lived in forest areas
-ate mainly fruit
Oreopithecus
Italy
similar to Dryo
flat face
Brachiator
Gigantopithecus
Large asian homonid
9mil - 500,000years ago