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22. Mammals II: Primates, Hominid Evolution, CNS Flashcards

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Primates

- Limbs?

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Grasping limbs with opposable thumb

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Primates have a …. ancestor

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Arboreal

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Primates - eyes?

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Forward-facing (depth perception)

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Primates - social?

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  • Reduced brood size

- Extended parental care

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2 major groups of primates?

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  • Prosimians

- Anthropoids

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What are prosimians?

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Lemurs, loris, etc.

Arboreal and nocural

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Which primate is the only one entirely carnivorous?

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Tarsier

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New world vs old world monkey?

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New world: South American - prehensile tail (to grasp/hold objects) present in most new world monkey, not in old world monkeys - flat nose, arboreal

Old world: Africa, Asia

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Examples of Old world monkeys?

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  • Macaques
  • Baboon
  • Vervet
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Example of New world monkeys?

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  • Capuchin
  • Spider monkey
  • Howler monkey
  • Vervet (Barbados - vs. South Africa)
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What is the key difference between monkey and apes?

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Larger brain to body size ratio

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What are African Apes?

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Gorrillas, chimpanzees, hominids

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Gibbons, Orangutangs and African apes - what in common?

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All lack tail

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Size of gibbons?

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Smaller than other apes

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What can’t orangutangs do?

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Cross from one tree to another by branches (too big). Must go down, walk between them, climb back up.

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4 large categories of hominids?

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  • Ardipithecus
  • Australopithecus
  • Paranthropus
  • Homo…
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What was found about the ardipithecus ramidus in 2009?

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That they walked upright (no use of arms like chimps), yet retained primitive big toe that could grasp a tree like an ape

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Brain size of australopithecus?

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35% of modern human brain

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Lucy, an australopithecus afarensis, provided evidence that…

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  • Bipedalism evolved before brains fully evolved
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2 early homo species?

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Homo habilis (handy, skillful)
Homo erectus (standing)
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Ardipithecus ramidus - how many years ago?

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Australopithecus - how many years ago?

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Homo habilis - how many years ago?

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2.5-1.5 mya (first tool use: 2 mya)

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Homo erectus - how many years ago?

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1.6 mya - 250,000 ya

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Facies of homo habilis?

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Shorter jaw, bigger brain

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First hominid to leave Africa and spread to Eurasia?

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Homo erectus

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First fire use by?

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Homo erectus

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Homo erectus physiology?

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  • As large as modern humans

- Smaller brain, thicker skull

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2 recent homo species?

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  • Homo neanderthalensis

- Homo sapiens

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Homo neanderthalensis - how many years ago?

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Homo sapiens - how many years ago?

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Homo neanderthalensis physiology?

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  • Short, stalky, powerful build

- Larger brain than homo sapiens

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Reason of disappearance of homo neanderthalensis?

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Extermination by homo sapiens

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Homo sapiens - physiology?

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  • Larger brains than earlier homo species (complex social life)
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Have homo sapiens interbreed with neanderthals?

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DNA other than Homo sapiens?

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  • 2% in non-African from Neanderthals

- 5% in Melanesians from Denisovans

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What other species could have coexisted with homo sapiens? When and where? Why went extinct?

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  • Indonesia

- Extinction: 17,000 YA, volcanic eruption

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Central nervous system?

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Dorsal, hollow tube of nervous tissue

  • Large cephalic ganglion (brain)
  • Long tube inferior to it (spinal cord)
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Peripheral nervous system?

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Lateral nerves

  • Cranial nerves from brain
  • Spinal nerves from spinal cord
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Unconscious physiological information (blood pressure, body temperature)?

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PNS x Hormones

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Autonomic commands (heart rate, sweating, salivation)?

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PNS x Neurohormones

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Conscious sensory information?

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Hormones x Neural afferents

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Voluntary commands and behaviour?

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Neurohormones x Neural efferent

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Parasympathetic =

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Rest and digest

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Sympathetic =

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Fight or flight

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Four distinct features of human brain?

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  • Cerebrum
  • Cerebellum
  • Diencephalon
  • Brain stem
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Cerebrum - in mammals?

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Role of cerebrum?

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Intellect, learning, memory, language, consciousness

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What is called the top layer of cerebrum?

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Cerebral cortex

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