ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anth Ch 5 9
Document Summary
Not useful for phylogeny reconstruction: shared derived trait synapomorphy, cladogram is not a phylogeny. Owl monkeys: callithricines emperor tamarin, golden lion tamarin, phthecines ualkaris, atelines howler monkeys, spider monkeys, catarrhines, downward facing nostrils, ischial tuberosities and callosities, africa and asia, circopithecoids. Most arboreal but some terrestrial, all quadrupeds. Eat fruit, leaves, meat, insects, seeds, etc. 5 genera: hylobates (lesser apes) - gibbon, pongo orangutan, gorilla - gorilla, pan chimpanzee, homo humans. Leakey"s angels": diane fossey, jane goodall, biruke galdikas. Behavioral ecology: focuses on the relationship between, behaviors, natural environment, biological traits, based on the assumption, animals, plants, and microorganisms together, some behaviors, influenced by genes, subject to natural selection. Primates are found in: tropical deciduous forest, dry tropical forest, gallery forest, savannah. Molar occlusal shape and diet: frugivore, rounded cusps and short crests fruit, folivore, long crests on molars grind the cellulose, insectivore, long crests on molars chitin.
