ANTB14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Three-Striped Night Monkey, Gibbon, Tapetum Lucidum
13 Dec 2013
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Primates are of interest to anthropologists because they can help us to study human evolution through the principal of homology. Because we share a common ancestor human and nonhuman primates are similar morphologically, physiologically, and even behaviorally. This diversity includes diet: some primates eat primarily leaves, while others rely on fruit, or insects, or even sap. Diversity in social organization: some primate taxa live in multimale groups, while others live in single male groups. Diversity in activity patterns: some are active during the day (diurnal), others are active at nigh (nocturnal). General description of primates in terms of their form or structure, sensory and neural systems and life history of patterns. Grasping hands & feet to hold on to trees. Clavicle bone which allows for shoulder motion (imp for arboreal environments) Radius and ulna in forearm allows for movement of hand and arm. Forward facing eyes and stereoscopic vision: they use both eyes to see, producing overlapping fields of vision.
