ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Stereopsis, Sub-Saharan Africa, Homo Sapiens
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Primates are mammals - warm blooded (able to adjust our body temperature), having hair, feeding milk to young. Cathemeral - active any time of day and night. Most eat fruit, leaves, flowers and insects. Few species specialize by eating mostly or only leaves which requires special gut adaptations or insects. Generally, larger bodied species can eat more leaves whereas smaller bodied species can eat more insects. Dental tooth comb - groom themselves and others using that comb. Unfused mandibular and frontal symphases - mandible = jaw. Tapedum lucidum - extra reflective layer in the back of eye that allows them to have better vision in night time or in low light. Madagascar and comoro, boreal, quadraped (all-four), terrestrial (come to ground), nocturnal, female dominance, varied diet. Sub-saharan africa and se asia, lorises and galagos, aboreal quadropeds, nocturnal, omnivore. Retinal fovea - eyes adapt for great colour perception. Postorbitol closure - eyes encased in bone except in front.
