Chapter 2: Primatology (not on exam)

Question 1

Primatology

Answer 1

The study of nonhuman primates including their behaviour and social life

Question 2

Strepsirhini

Answer 2

Wet-nosed primates

Ex: Lemurs

Question 3

Haplorhini

Answer 3

Dry-nosed primates

Ex: Humans & Chimpanzees

Question 4

Homologies

Answer 4

Similarities due to a common ancestry

Ex: Opposable thumb

Question 5

Analogies

Answer 5

Similarities due to similar selective pressures

Ex: Wings on bats, birds, bugs

Question 6

Post-orbital closure

Answer 6

No space in the bone of the eye socket

Question 7

Stereoscopic vision

Answer 7

2 eyes creating 1 image

Question 8

Old world monkeys (Catarrhini)

Answer 8

Sharp-nosed monkeys

Ex: Baboons & Humans

Question 9

New world monkeys (Plathyrrhini)

Answer 9

Flat-nosed monkeys

Ex: Tamarins

Question 10

Old World dentition

Answer 10

2-1-2-3

Question 11

New World dentition

Answer 11

2-1-3-3

Question 12

Hominin

Answer 12

Bipedal hominoid (humans)
Most advanced grade of primate evolution

Question 13

Sexual dimorphism

Answer 13

Observable phenotypic differences between males and females of the same species

Question 14

Lesser apes

Answer 14

Ex: Gibbons

*They brachiate

Question 15

Great apes

Answer 15

Ex: Gorillas, Orangutans

Question 16

Chimps

Answer 16

Omnivorous, Violent, Use tools

Question 17

Bonobos

Answer 17

Peaceful, Omnivorous, Sexual