ANTH 1001 Midterm: 2996409adb5e6c107bb5c12f67c79e5c
Document Summary
Nature of a fossil: after death, the bones tend to be destroyed by several forces: Helps to explain geographical distribution of early primates: during the cenozoic era, africa was an island continent prior to 16 million years ago. At about 16 million years ago, africa contacted southwest asia. America by crossing either the caribbean sea or atlantic ocean on floating masses of vegetation. Inferences about eocene primates: some species were diurnal, whereas others were nocturnal, locomotion: quadrupedality and leaping, diet: insectivory; frugivory-folivory, observation: absence of tooth comb. These african anthropoids precede the earliest new world monkeys by about 10 million years. Inferenes about oligocene anthropoids: locomotion: aegyptopithecus quadrupedal, slow climber, apidium quadrupedal runner and leaper. Inferences about oligocene anthropoids: body size and diet: body size: 2 to 4 pounds for apidium; 12 to 18 pounds for aegyptopithecus, diet: frugivory. Inferences about oligocene anthropoids: time of activity: oligocene anthropoids were diurnal.
