ANT203Y1 Lecture : ANT203 November 15.pdf
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Asia and africa relatively social (larger groups); vary depending on access to resources diurnal on average, larger than platyrrhines derived dentition (cusp arrangement) diverse diet (omnivorous) 10 cm in length good leapers, but also good swimmers (swim up to 20 consecutive meters) Semnopithecus (langur) esp. in india due to habitat destruction, have been pushed into urban centers, leading to strange behaviour. 3 kinds of social groupings practice infanticide (killing of offspring) South-east asia often referred to as lesser apes (vs. great apes) African apes and humans (see distribution map in ppt) Gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and humans (gorilla, pan, homo) Rwanda almost wiped to extinction) cross-river gorillas - most endangered only 200-300 left in the wild. Congo river basin physically similar to chimpanzees (a bit smaller) behaviorally extremely different from chimpanzees male-female bonds / alpha females more arboreal than chimpanzees. Strepsirhines have a tooth comb and a gap for the rhinarium fallback food.
