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1) Arboreal Locomotion and Consequences
2) Reliance on Vision and on Intelligence
3) Reproductive Consequences |
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| Power Grip vs. Precision Grip |
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Power - learned earlier
Precision - only in primates |
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Tarsioidea
Plesiadapoidea
Lemuroidea
Platyrrhina
Catarrhina |
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| "Lipotyphla" (True Insectivora) |
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1) No Bulla
2) Short Caecum
3) No pubic symphysis |
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where right and left girdle of hips join.
birth canal/ digestion tubes pass through this girdle
might be an adaptation for staying small |
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| has to do with digestion of leafy diets. leafy diets --> longer caecum |
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| "Menotyphla" (Tree Shrews and Elephant Shrews) |
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1) Tympanic Bulla
2) Long Caecum
3) Pubic symphysis |
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Most primates live in tress/had anatomically developments that suggest tree living
-F. Wood-Jones
-Earliest primates arboreal, ancestors would be arboreal |
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-Cartmill
-a particular way of hunting that catagorizes primates
- primates hunt with eyes more than nose
- can determine distance with eyes |
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Plesiadapoidea
3 Families:
1) Paromomyidae
2) Plesiadapidae
3) Carpolestidae
Dentally far from primate ancestors
Diastema - Gap in teeth |
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-vertical clinging and leaping (VCL)
- in order to use individual toes to grasp things, metatarsal bones need to stay the same, so the ankle is elongated
- in some cases, 2 ankles are very elongated |
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a formation of the lower incisors into a comblike structure for grooming
Prosimian characteristics |
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under .5kg, leaves are not a sufficient source of protein, eat insects.
above .5 kg insects not sufficient source of protein, eats leaves.
a way of dividing large and small primates
expend a certain amount of energy to hunt for insects, amount goes up as mass increases |
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range; where tribe spends most of their time
NOT a terriroty (=defended area) |
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| symphalangus; chromosome #50, not #44; a type of "lesser" ape |
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| uses all 4 feets but 3 of the feet are always holding on, only one limb moves; very slow; in lorises |
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| hind legs are used to support body's weight, in compression rather than tension |
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| 4 footed; changes upon habitat, esp. if in danger |
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| sleep at night, active during day |
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| sleep during day, active at night |
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| active in dim light at dusk and dawn, sleep during bright light and night |
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| amount of land occupied in a day |
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| amount of land occupied in a year; many core areas + space between |
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| compete with other species and diminish opportunity for other species; natural selection diminishes this over time |
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| varies among primates; how niches are differenciated |
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| living close to carrying capacity; few offspring at a time/take care of offspring after birth (ALL PRIMATES) |
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| have tremendous mortality after birth; little or no parental care; large quanties of births |
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| continuous canopy; blochy light within canopy |
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| on the edge of rainforests or where storms have knocked down trees; lots more sunlight; climb up and down more often |
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| no continuous canopy; need to go to ground to get to another grove of trees; A forest with no continuous canopy |
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| trees are few in number; trees usually occur near rivers and streams - where primates live |
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| arms length/leg length x100; larger index: longer arms, use arms more |
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| Gibbons; S. Asia (India); small, lightly built; Brachiate; high intermembral index; woodland; monogamy; loud various calls; facial markings to circle out eyes and mouth |
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| extra ligament that allows large angle of legs in orangutan |
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| Orangutan; climb on all 4s; tendency to overeat (figs example); dimorphic |
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| African apes; 3 species: gorilla, chimp, bonobo; knuckle-walk, semi-brachiate, depending on size |
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| females have multiple partners; tamarins |
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| permanent partners; gibboons |
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| loose/temporary; "new" relationship; prosimians |
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| 1 males forms harem with many females, "owns" them; Baboons |
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| polygyny: one male w/ peripheral males |
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| "bachelor males"; can take over head position - kill off original offspring; baboons |
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| polygyny: multiple groups |
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| many females and offspring and many males; baboons |
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| 2 groups meet up and combine, when too big, splits up again; many males, many females and offspring; no relationships |
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