ANTH 1001 Chapter : The Living Primates
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Lots of diversity even though same basic adaptations: morphological, ecological, and behavioral diversity. Traditional primate classification: prosimii, lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, anthropoidea, monkeys, apes, humans, suborders, strepsirhini, lemurs and lorises, 230-270 species of non human primates, each species posses unique qualities. : number of each tooth type in each quadrant of the mouth: 2:1:3:3, dental arcade, locomotion, most are quadrupedal- knucklewalking, vertical clinging and leaping, arms swinging, braciation, apes, prehensile tails. Asia/ mostly solitary/ male cheek pouches/ high sexual dimorphism/ fruit is primary diet. Gorillinae- largest of apes/ terrestrial knuckle walkers/ live in small groups/ folivores. Tribes- 2 types of chimps/ common and pygmy/ fission fusion society (form large multimale-multi female communities / frugivores but do not hunt/ routinely used tools/ unusual sex behavior (bonobos) Old and new world monkeys: case of homoplasy: current consensus is both new and old monkeys arose in africa from a common ancestor, monkeys rafting over chunks of land that had broken away from mainland area.
