BISC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 34: Simian, Australopithecine, Hominini
16 Jan 2017
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Consists of two main groups: prosimians and anthropoids: the prosimians consist of the lemurs, found in madagascar, and the tarsiers, pottos, and lorises of africa and south asia. Most prosimians living today are relatively small in size reside in trees, and are active at night: the anthropoids (cid:894)(cid:862)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)-like(cid:863)(cid:895), i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude the new world monkeys found in central and. South america, the old-world monkeys that live in africa and tropical regions of asia, the gibbons of the asian tropics, and the hominidae, or great apes orangutans, gorilla, chimps, and humans. The great apes are also called hominids. Bipedalism is the synapomorphy that defines the hominins. The hominins are a monophyletic group comprising homo sapiens and more than a dozen extinct bipedal relatives. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s are (cid:374)ot (cid:272)losely related to (cid:272)hi(cid:373)pa(cid:374)zees, (cid:271)ut rather gorilla"s. (table 34. 1) Species are slightly built male were about 1. 5 meters tall, weighing 36 kg. Their skulls were much broader and more robust.
