ANTB14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Kin Recognition, Philopatry, Mate Choice
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Introduction to evolutionary anthropology shawn m. lehman. Mammals are the only animals with sweat glands (used to cool the body down using the process of evaporation). Characters that set primates apart from other mammals. Flat nail on at least one digit (allows precision grip) Radius and ulna (allows precise hand movements) Forward facing eyes and stereoscopic vision (overlapping field of vision) Due to their vision, primates have depth perception. Long periods of infancy, childhood, and adulthood (long life span) Socialize, reproduce with the members of the same species. Primates are of interest to anthropologists because they can help us to study human evolution through the principal of homology. Because we share a common ancestor human and nonhuman primates are similar morphologically, physiologically, and even behaviorally. This diversity includes diet: some primates eat primarily leaves, while others rely on fruit, or insects, or even sap.