ANTH 1001 : Anthro Exam 2 Notes
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Primates: non-human primates are very intelligent, chimpanzees are mean and aggressive, also very strong, gorillas are calm, mostly vegetarian, not terrifying beasts like first thought to be. Taxonomy: 4 major groups: prosimians, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, apes. Taxonomy: proposed changes: name change in primate suborders, traditional: prosimii/anthropoidea, proposed: strepsirrhini/haplorrhini (moves tarsiers, reclassification of the great apes (family names), traditional: pongidae/homindae, proposed: all homindae; different sub families and tribles. Primate studies: descriptive- earliest trend of describing, observational- long-term observational studies where researchers spend years in the field bringing people in to form their own research studies. Social relationships among chimpanzees: dian fossey- studied the mountain gorilla, theoretical- hypothesis driven, behavioral ecology- looks at relationship between environment and behavior, sociobiology- relationship between genes and behavior. Limbs and locomotion: erect posture, hands and feet- have 5 digits (fingers and toes) on each hand and foot.
