ANT101H5 Chapter 6: Chapter #6 (An Overview of the Primates)
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Chapter #6 an overview of the primates: members of the mammalian order primates, which includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. Anthropoids: members of a suborder of primates, the infraorder anthropoidea, traditionally includes monkeys, apes, and humans. It"s important to note that living primates aren"t necessarily superior to their evolutionary predecessors or to one another. Contemporary primates (including us humans) do not represent the final stage or apex of a lineage, because we are still continuing to evolve: the only species that no longer continue to evolve are those that are extinct. All primates share many characteristics with other mammals: body hair, mammary glands, different types of teeth, endothermy. Ability to maintain a constant internal body temperature. Limbs and locomotion: a tendency toward an erect posture (especially in the upper body, a flexible, generalized limb structure, which allows most primates to practice various locomotor behaviours.
