Anthropology 2265F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Continental Drift, Adaptive Radiation, Behavioral Ecology

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2265F/G
• Professor: Ian C Colquhoun

Document Summary

Chapter 3 primates past to present: 4 to 7 million years ago, primate distinguished himself as hominid by having two legs instead of 4, this ancestor evolved into a human. Some evolved into apes and monkeys: now these 700 species can go extinct, we can understand their behaviour and vulnerability to extinction, tracing these patterns give us an idea on evolution patterns. Primate diversity in the past: cenozoic era, some 65 mya (fossils) showed disappearance of dinosaurs and primate evolution began, fossil is ou(cid:396) (cid:271)est (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:396)d to sho(cid:449) e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e e(cid:448)e(cid:374) though it"s still i(cid:374) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) Primate origins: (cid:1005)99(cid:1004)"s fi(cid:396)st p(cid:396)i(cid:373)ate like (cid:373)a(cid:373)(cid:373)als thought belonged to a group called (cid:862)plesiadapifo(cid:396)(cid:373)s(cid:863), (cid:449)hose fossil teeth, ja(cid:449)s, skull (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:272)olle(cid:272)ted f(cid:396)o(cid:373) Miocene monkeys and apes: fossil record for old world monkeys easier to see than new world monkeys maybe because of fossil preservation, oldest miocene primates found in africa but similar found in europe and.