ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Galago, Little Foot, Brain Size
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Humans are primates and humans are apes. Primatology: the study of living primates- including behavior and social life. Provide models to interpret the behavior of humans and their ancestors. Primatologists: anthropologists that study living nonhuman primates in both captive and wild settings. Binomial nomenclature: two name system (genus + species) Order of classification: kingdom, class, order, genus, species. Swampy areas, mountains, snowy regions- they will live pretty much anywhere they can. 3. 5 ounces (mouse lemur)- 400 lbs (male gorilla) Carnivorous, fruit, gums, leaves, insects -depends on animal. Some live in groups, pairs, and some live in solitary - very diverse. Analogy: similar features evolve twice (sharks and dolphins both have fins but not related) 99% of human dna is shared with chimpanzees. 98. 4% of human dna is shared with gorilla. 97% of human dna is shared with orangtangs. One genus - least diverse group of primates. Extra hand/foot" tail- only in new world monkeys.
