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ANTHRO355 - Primate Behavior > Anthropology Exam #1 > Flashcards

Anthropology Exam #1 Flashcards

1
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What is a primate?

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Mammals (2 types):

  1. Monotremes (lay eggs)
  2. Therians (live birth)
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What are 3 major categories of traits useful in characterizing the primate order?

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  1. Morphological Traits
  2. Life History/Patterns
  3. Sociability & Flexibility
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What is Primate Pattern?

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> Set of Traits

>General Tendencies

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4
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State 3 Morphological Traits.

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  1. Hands & Feet
  2. Dentition
  3. Senses & the Brain
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Name Hands & Feet characteristics.

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> 5 digits (fingers)
Prehensility
Opposable Thumb
Nails not claws

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What is Prehensility?

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The ability to grasp.

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What does “opposable” mean?

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Operates independently.

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8
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Name two types of grips.

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  1. Power Grip

2. Precision Grip

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What does it mean to have a prehensile tail?

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Can grip/grasp with tail.

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Name Dentition characteristics.

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> Retained primitive dental characteristics

>Reduced number of teeth

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What are primitive dental characteristics?

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4 types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, & molars.

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What is a “tooth comb” an example of?

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A specialization; this is a primitive trait in species.

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13
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What is the dental formula?

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The number of each kind of tooth is given for one-quarter of the mouth.

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What is the dental formula for a general mammal?

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3.1.4.3

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15
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What is the dental formula for a human?

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2.1.2.3

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What are 4 features of the category of Senses & the Brain?

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  1. Enhanced Vision
  2. Color Vision
  3. Olfaction
  4. Expanded Primitive Brains
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Describe the components that contribute to a primates enhanced vision.

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Forward facing eyes + overlapping fields of vision = stereoscopic vision.

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What does stereoscopic vision contribute to?

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Depth perception

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What is a post-orbital bar? (describe)

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A bony ring around the eye.

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What type of vision do most primates have?

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Color vision

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What is color vision?

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The ability to differentiate different wavelengths of light.

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Name & describe 3 types of views (hint: -chromatic)

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  1. Monochromatic: no greens, blues, or reds.
  2. Dichromatic: only blues & greens
  3. Trichromatic: blues, greens, and reds.
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What is the most common view amongst mammals?

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Dichromatic

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What are opsins?

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Color receptors in the eyes located on the surface of the cones in the retina of the eye.

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What does the retina contain that allows for vision?

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Photoreceptors (cones & rods)

26
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Which of the two, cones or rods, contain opsins?

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Cones (allow for color vision).

27
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What types of view do the following demographics have?

  1. Monkeys in Africa/Asia
  2. Apes & Humans
  3. Monkeys in the Americas
  4. Diurnal Lemurs
  5. Nocturnals
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  1. Trichromatic
  2. Trichromatic
  3. Di- and Trichromatic
  4. Dichromatic
  5. Monochromatic
28
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What are advantages of seeing in color?

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Can pick up on visual cues, and better forage.

29
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What is the advantage of dichromatic vision?

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> Breaking the color camouflage

>not distracted by colors

30
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What is olfaction?

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The action or capacity of smelling; the sense of smell. (less important)

31
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Are primate olfactory structures larger or smaller in primates?

32
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Describe primates’ brain size in relation to body size.

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Primates have larger brains relative to body size.

33
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Name the parts of the brain (primates).

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Brain stem, cerebellum, cerebral cortex.

34
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What is the brain stem responsible for?

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Physiological Functions

35
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What is the Cerebral Cortex responsible for?

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interpretation, memory, & thought.

36
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What are Life History Patterns?

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traits associated with the biological life cycle.

37
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What are 4 traits of the Life History Patterns?

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A. Longer gestation period
B. Reduced number of offspring
C. Longer infant dependency
D. Longer lifespan (45+ years)

38
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In regards to Primate Patterns, describe sociality & flexibility.

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> highly social, live in a social group

> flexible to environmental change

39
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Who studies primates?

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> anatomists
biologists/zoologists
psychologists
anthropologists (only since 1950’s)

40
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What does Anthropology split into?

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> Biological Anthropology

>Sociocultural/archaeology/linguistic anthropology

41
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What is primatology a subsection of?

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Biological Anthropology

42
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Why study non-human Primates?

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To better understand human biological evolution.

43
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State 3 goals of anthropological primatology.

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  1. Elucidate humans’ origins using a comparative approach
  2. Human/Non-human primate interfacing (interacting)
  3. Applied primatology
44
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Define ethnoprimatology.

A

ecological/cultural interconnectedness across time & space.

45
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In regards to elucidating human origins using a comparative approach, what are some points of comparison?

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> Anatomy/Physiology/Behavior
How similar/different
Human Uniqueness

46
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Describe Applied Primatology.

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Study behavior–>informs captive management conservation efforts.

47
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What are 2 major research settings in which anthropologists study primates? Give examples.

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  1. Captive Settings ex. zoos, laboratories.

2. Field Settings ex. native habitats, free ranging.

48
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List advantages of a captive setting.

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  1. controlled environment
  2. increased observability
  3. ability to manipulate subjects/environment
  4. kinship records

> amenable to cognitive tasks & social behavior/kin

49
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What is the disadvantage of captive settings?

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Not typically able to observe what the subjects are truly capable of.

50
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What topics are typically studied in captive settings?

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Psychology & Biology

51
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What topics are typically studied in field settings?

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Ecology, feeding, and ranging.

52
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List 2 advantages of field settings.

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  1. High Generalizability

2. More typical behavior

53
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List 3 disadvantages of field settings.

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  1. Low observability
  2. Observer presence
  3. Logistical issues
54
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Define Taxonomy.

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Means of organizing/ordering biological diversity via a series of commonly accepted names for organisms.

55
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What system do we use to name organisms, and who developed it? What two components make up the name?

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Binomial Nomenclature, developed by Carolus Linnaeus. Name is the genus + the species.

56
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What are examples of human-primate interface?

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Ethnoprimatology, roadside monkeys, provisioning.

57
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Define Anthropolgy.

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The study of humanity/ human behavior.

58
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What is Anthropological Primatology?

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The study of non-human primates; a subfield of Anthropology.

59
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Why are primatologists ditching the terms “New World” and “Old World” when describing the geographical location of monkeys?

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The terms have traces to its colonialism in its background.

60
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How do primates move about their environment (locomotion)?

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> Quadrupedalism

>Arboreal Quadrupeds >Suspensory Locomotion

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