ANTA01H3 Chapter 6: Macroevolution - An Overview of the Primates
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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. Traditionally, the suborder includes monkeys, apes, and humans. Omnivorous - having a diet consisting of many food types, such as plant materials, meat, and insects. Stereoscopic vision - the condition whereby visual images are, to varying degrees, superimposed. This provides for depth perception, or viewing the external environment in three dimensions. Stereoscopic vision is partly a function of structures in the brain. Binocular vision - vision characterized by overlapping visual fields provided by forward-facing eyes. Hemispheres - the two halves of the cerebrum that are connected by a dense mass of fibers. (the cerebrum is the large rounded outer portion of the brain. ) Neocortex - the more recently evolved portion of the brain that is involved in higher mental functions and composed of areas that integrate incoming information from different sensory organs.
