ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Brachiation, Lemur, Binocular Vision
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Textbook chapter 6: an overview of the primates. Primatology the study of non-human primate biology & behavior. Arboreal - generalized limbs (individual/organism that lives in the trees) Reduced snout (as oppose to a dog) Foraminmagnum (hole in neck for posture humans under, dogs behind, ape forward/lower) Bar around the eye retention of clavicle collarbone. Allows them to maintain lateral orientation stability o o: pentadactyly (possessing 5 digits/finger) primitive developed olfactory. Long snout dental comb (front teeth stick out) grooming claw (second finger really long) leaping & clinging o o o o o. Anthropoidea (old world: all monkeys, apes and humans) Primate features small body; grooming claw; large ears; unfused mandible nocturnal insectivore stable pair bonds. Haplorrhine features no rhinarium eye sockets enclosed in bone. Unique features enormous eyes rotate head 180 degrees elongated tarsal bone to leap (ankle bone) o o o o o o o o.