ANTH 110 Lecture 5: Anthro. lecture 5.2
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Diet and teeth: lack of dietary specialization, generalized dentition, heterodont dentition, dental formula (four quadrants of the mouth)- 2133 (nwm): incisors, canines, premolars, molars, tooth form related to diet, cusps (variation) Maturation, learning and behavior: longer gestation, fewer offspring, delay maturation, flexible learning behaviors, live in social groups, diurnal activity patterns. Different methods exist of classifying primates (authors present a simplified classification) Tarsiers and humans somewhat controversial in terms of their classification in to various primate taxonomies. The order primates is generally divided into two suborders: the prosimians (lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) and anthropoids. Include new and old world monkeys, lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs), the great apes (orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees), and humans.
