Exam 3 Part 4 Flashcards
Eats leaves
Folivorous
What is the difference between cercopithecoids and hominoids
Apes have broad chest and scapula and a larger brain, old world monkeys have a prehensile tail and narrow chest,
What is the difference between macaques and baboons?
Baboons live mostly in savannas
Used as a model for human evolution by early primatologists
Baboons
Type of cercopithecines that are omnivores, primarily savannah dwellers, and used as a model of human evolution by early primatologists
Baboons
What are some examples of colobinae?
Colobus monkeys, langurs, proboscis monkey
What are some suspensory locomotion adaptations?
Reorientation of shoulder girdle (longer), torso width increases, longer arms than legs (except humans)
Type of locomotion that is hand over hand swinging; kind of like swinging on monkey bars
Brachiation locomotion
Prominent paleoanthropologist that is the earliest person to study fossils of early humans; chose 3 women to study great apes
Louis Leakey
Who did Leakey choose to study the great apes (3)?
Jane Goodall (chimpanzees), Dian Fossey (gorillas), Birute Galdikas (orangutans)
One male, multi-female social structure
Polygynous
Known as the old world monkeys
Cercopithecoids
Known as new world monkeys
Ceboidea
Includes baboons and macaques
Cercopithecines
Location of baboons and macaques
Asia and Africa