Anthropology 1026F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Color Vision, Insectivora, Cenozoic
1 Mar 2017
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Monday, october 19, 2015 anthro 1026 lecture notes oct 19 primate classification. Suborder: prosimii (prosimians) e. g. monkeys in madagaspar - rely more on scent. Monkies - generally: 1) quadrupeds (walk on four feet) 2) have tails. 2) many new world have prehensile tails. Diet varies by body size but generally: Kay"s threshold - the smaller they are the more they rely on insects; the bigger, the more they rely on animals and other resources. They are placed in one group; superfamily hominoidea = hominoids . Brachiators = long arms = swing through trees = not terrestrial, don"t spend much time on land. B-d) all remaining primates = family hominidae. = revised as homonidae used to include only bipedal creatures that were called. Monday, october 19, 2015 see page 126 chart & revised page 204; figure 9-8: great apes: sub-family: pongines (orangutangs; southeast asia) sub-family: gorilines (gorillas; africa) - longer arms, shorter legs. Use stone tools, tools to extract terminates.
