ANTH 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Quadrupedalism, Indri, Sub-Saharan Africa
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All primates belong to the class mammalia. Mammals are warm blooded: their body temperature is more or less constantly warm and usually higher than that of the air around them. Almost all mammals give birth to live young that develop to a considerable size within the (cid:373)other a(cid:374)d are (cid:374)ourished (cid:271)y su(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) the (cid:373)other"s (cid:373)a(cid:373)(cid:373)ary gla(cid:374)ds- young have relatively long period of dependence on adults after birth. All pri(cid:373)ate ha(cid:374)d li(cid:373)(cid:271)s are stru(cid:272)tured pri(cid:374)(cid:272)ipally to provide support, (cid:271)ut the (cid:862)feet(cid:863) i(cid:374) most primates can also grasp things. Primates also have the clavicle (collarbone), which allows them to move the shoulders both up and down and back and forth. Primates are generally omnivorous: eating both meat and vegetation: ex: insects, small animals, fruits, seeds, leaves, roots, etc, the teeth of the primates reflect this omnivorous diet- chewing teeth (molars and premolars) are unspecialized. The front teeth (incisors and canines) are often specialized.
