ANTH 1001 : Anthropology Notes Test 2
Document Summary
Field of study that specializes in the rules of classification. Increase reliance on vision, decrease reliance on smell. Few offspring, require parental care and investment, long maturation and gestation. Lots of offspring, little parental care required, short maturation and gestation. Composition of the group (male to female ratio) Difference between males and females of the same species. Primitive, small, post orbital bar, dental comb, grooming claw. Use vocalizations to recognize each other, bush baby and slow loris. Blend of characteristics, small bodied, south pacific, nocturnal, in transition taxonimy. Found only in new world (central and south america), second smallest primate, dental formula 2. Circualr nostrils, and space between them (septum) is wider, some have prehensile tails, tend to be arboreal and quadrapedal. White throated capuchin, howler monkeys (very dextourous, relatively safe, howler monkey uses vocalization to mark terrritory) Found only in old world (africa and south east asia), second largest primate, dental 2.
