ANTH 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: World Wide Fund For Nature, Frugivore, Prehensile Tail
24 Oct 2017
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Introduction if we want to identify the components that have shaped the evolution of our species, a good starting point os to compare ourselves with our closest living relatives. Primate characteristics share many characteristics with other placental mammals. Geographical distribution and habitats found in tropical or semitropical areas of the new and old world. Most eat a combination of all nonhuman primates spend some time in the trees fruits nuts seeds leaves other plant materials insects. Many also get animal protein from birds amphibians. Most non-derived or primitive living primates suborder - strepsirhini primitive - more similar anatomically to their earlier mammalian ancestors than are the other primates. More pronounced reliance on olfaction presence of rhinarium at the end of the nose and relatively long snout including eyes placed more to the side of the face shorter gestation and maturation periods.
