ANTH 1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Carl Linnaeus, Stereopsis, Brachiation
- Carl Linnaeus went around and __ as many plants as he could find
○ Taxonomy:
§ Homologies
○ We have to understand how species fit into specific taxonomies.
○ Analogies
- What do we share with monkey and apes?
○ When monkeys sense of touch heightened, their nose also moved in.
○ They are social like us. Live in social groups.
§ Grasping - intensified sense of touch
§ Brachiation - hand over hand movement
§ Binocular stereoscopic - vision (depth perception)
□ Diurnal vs nocturnal - site over smell/flattened faces
§ Bipedal
□ Think about pedals or pedestrians, we have feet. Two wheels,
two feet.
- Early Mammals
○ Mammals existed a long time ago
○ We needed Dinosaurs to become extinct so we could take over
○ Animals coming out and moving out into trees are arboreal
○ We need to focus on the Anthropocene**
- Miocene Hominoids
- The Primates
○ Hominids (gorilla, humans, chimps, etc)
- Quadrupedal!*
○ Small brain
§ Sitting behind the eye socket
○ Spine that cones out behind the back of skull
○ Pelvis is going to different shape
○ This feet are flat
○ The ribs are different also
○ Thumb has limited mobility
○ Opposable toe
- Bipedal!*
Document Summary
Carl linnaeus went around and __ as many plants as he could find. We have to understand how species fit into specific taxonomies. When monkeys sense of touch heightened, their nose also moved in. Diurnal vs nocturnal - site over smell/flattened faces. Think about pedals or pedestrians, we have feet. We needed dinosaurs to become extinct so we could take over. Animals coming out and moving out into trees are arboreal. We need to focus on the anthropocene** Spine that cones out behind the back of skull. Enhanced verbal communication- as we began to stand upright, we began to get ability for more speech. Our skull sizes are not going to be the same. It depends on where we came from. Lumpers -> it"s the same species ^^ Splitters -> all the different sized skulls are different species. A bipedal ape is called a hominin. As we shift into bipedalism, the feet also shift inward.
