ANTH 1001 Chapter : Some Generalizations About Nonhuman Primates
Document Summary
Social organization: taxonomic correlates: strepsirhines and tarsiers - noyau (dispersed single-male polygyny, small-bodied nw monkeys - polyandry, ow monkeys - polygyny, hominoids - no generalization. Social organization monogamy noyau (dispersed, single-male polygyny) single-male polygyny multiple-male polygyny. Size of males and females polygyny sexual dimorphism in size, with males larger than females in body size and canine size monogamy sexual monomorphism in size, with no difference between males and females in body size and canine size. Relative limb length legs longer than arms arm-swinging/brachiation arms longer than legs arms legs in length quadrupedalism leaping. Principal source of protein: smaller bodied primates eat insects larger bodied primates eat foliage. Colobine monkeys are unique in having a complex, enlarged stomach to digest bulk quantities of leaves. Time of activity: taxonomic correlate: strepsirhines and tarsiers are nocturnal, anthropoids are diurnal. Time of activity: anatomical correlate: nocturnal species have larger orbits (eyeballs) than diurnal species. Dental formulas and other anatomies: catarrhines - 2,1,2,3.
