ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Foramen Magnum, Stereopsis, Fovea Centralis
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3 characteristics of a primate: non human primates, not only their behaviour but also their biology (test q) Differentiate the identifying features of each primate group. > chapter 5 wont be on quiz 1 but it will be on quiz 2. Anagloy: when two organisms share a common function but it doesn"t necessarily have a similar structure (not indicative of an evolutionary relationship)structure of wings of insects and birds (same purpose but different structure) Function is a variable of the environment. Question: is this a homology or analogy. All primates: kingdom (animalia), phylum (chordata), subphylum (vertebrata), class (mammalia), order (primate) We all descended from trees: all primates have the same ability to live in a tree (arborelism, arboreal chactertistics) One key characteristic of primates: judging distance (ex. knowing when to jump on tree so you don"t fall); stereoscopic vision (the idea to judge 3-dimensionality )
