ANTHR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gibbon, Ape, Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
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Expansion and increased complexity of the brain. Expansion in the visual and association areas of neocortex. Generally omnivorous, reflected in their generalized dentition. Most eat a combination of fruits, leaves, and insects. Most have four types of teeth: incisors, canines (sexual dimorphism), premolars, and molars. Alternative way to divide up primates (book) and is not based on genetics. A dental formula indicates the number of each tooth type in each quadrant of. Arm swinging, called braciation, is found among the apes. Cocturnal, leapers and cli bers, highly specialized closely related to monkeys. Catarrhini- includes old world monkeys, apes and humans. Tropical forest of central and south america. Catarrhini (owm,apes, humans) family: cebidea family : callitrichidae (mostly have twins) More complex behavior, complex brain and abilities. The current consensus is that both new and old world monekys arose in africa from a. Old and new world monkeys: a case of homopplasy common monkey ancestor.
