ANTC23H3 Lecture Notes - Common Chimpanzee, Bonobo, Prosimian
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You should know which is what, i. e. aye-aye prosimian. * if she gives in details, then know what it belongs to. Humans, apes, monkeys anthropoids (suborder, which is one step lower than order) General traits: larger bodied than prosimians, larger relative brain size than prosimians, reduced reliance on smell (visual communication more important) Lemur scent-marking and chemical communication, not much visual, because they are prosimians. Lemur might be pregnant for 4 months, but think of slow maturation as the opposite of live fast and die young. Lemurs have fast life- history, whereas anthropoids die old. Lesser apes: gibbons/siamangs: gibbons are very small and have less muscle. They are called lesser just because they are more slight and smaller in size. Common chimpanzees (pan troglodytes: male aggressively dominate females, alpha individual in a group is always a male, copulation used strictly in a reproductive context.