ANTB14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stereopsis, List Of Fossil Primates, Postorbital Bar
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Primates are of interest to anthropologists because they can help us to study human evolution through the principal of homology. Because we share a common ancestor human and nonhuman primates are similar morphologically, physiologically, and even behaviorally. Diversity in diet among taxa even sap or gum from trees. Some primates eat primarily leaves, while others rely on fruit, or insects, or. Some primate taxa live in multimale groups, while others live in single male groups (nocturnal) Some are active during the day (diurnal), others are active at nigh. Homology - traits that is shared through ancestors. Analogy - wings in birds and bat - do not share wings cause of common ancestors but cause of environmental adaptation. New world = south america and southern mexico. Dark brown shading for living primate distribution, tan shading for fossil primate distributions. Primates differ from most mammals by having : Forward facing eyes that allow for stereoscopic vision.
