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Human Evolution Exam 1 Living Non-human Primates
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
10/18/2012

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Strepsirhines super families?
Definition
Lemuroidea & Lorisoidea
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What primates are some of the first to appear in the fossil record?
Definition
Strepsirhines-like
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Biggest four identifying factors of strepsirhines?
Definition
tooth comb
tapetum
wet nose
grooming claw
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Post orbital bar of Strepsirhines?
Definition
complete, but not complete closure in back of the eye
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Two traits of Lemurs
Definition
-Specialized leapers (long hind limbs compared to short front limbs)
-Aye-ayes have a long middle finger
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Two traits of Lorises
Definition
Galago-bush baby (move quickly)
Slow Loris- uses hands as “clamps”
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Haplorhines superfamilies
Definition
Tarsiioidea, Ceboidea (Platyrrhini) (new world), Cercopithecoidea (old world), & Hominoidea (apes)
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Haplorhini vs. Strepsirhini
Definition
• Dry nose
• More efficient placentation
• More complicated brain
• Post-orbital closure
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Simiiformes
Definition
monkeys and apes
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Simiiforme dental and madibular traits
Definition
less differentiation from species to species
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Olfaction decreases; vision increases in Simiiformes
Definition
-Post-orbital closure, fully frontated eyes (stereoscopic)
–Color vision (variable)
–No tapetum
-Short face/snout, smaller nose; mobility
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What kind of trunk do Simiiformes have?
Definition
larger and shorter
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Simiiformes forelimbs compared to hindlegs
Definition
forelimbs = or > hindlimbs; upright postures
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Birthing habits of Simiiformes
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• Efficient placentation; single births
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New World Monkeys are also known as
Definition
Platyrrhini
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New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini) are divided into two families
Definition
Cebidae and Callitricidae
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Callitricidae consist
Definition
of marmosets and tamarins
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Callitricidae have opposable thumbs?
Definition
no
Term
Callitricidae have prehensile tails?
Definition
no
Term
Callitricidae have claws?
Definition
yes
Term
Cebidae have what kinds of tails
Definition
strong, prehensile
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Cebidae have tactile pads?
Definition
yes
Term
Example of a Cebidae
Definition
howler monkey
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Old world monkeys are also known as
Definition
Cercopithecoidea
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Two families of Cercopithecoidea
Definition
Cercopithecinae and Colobinae
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Examples of cercopithecines
Definition
baboons , mangabeys , mandrills , guenons , patas monkeys , and macaques
Term
cercopithecines are sexually dimorphic?
Definition
yes
Term
Feeding habits of cercopithecines
Definition
omnivorous
Term
Colobinae examples
Definition
the colobus of Africa, and the South Asian langurs and proboscis monkeys
Term
Feeding habits of colobinae
Definition
herbivore
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Two adaptations to a vegetarian lifestyle
Definition
long intestines
stomachs have "saccules," or sack-like compartments, in which bacteria and unusual combinations of enzymes break down plant cellulose
Term
Families of hominidae
Definition
chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan),[notes 2] gorillas (Gorilla), humans (Homo), and orangutans (Pongo)
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