Exam 5 Flashcards
species were created, but not perfectly adapted
Buffon
Stated “Scala Naturae”
Aristotle
fixity of species
Cuvier
50-80 total extinctions
Agassiz
species change due to use and disuse of parts
Lamarck
geological gradualism
Lyell
populations increase until they run out of resources
Malthus
hybrids not as fit
reinforcement
hybrids more fit
fusion
gradual speciation
anagenesis
sudden speciation
cladogenesis
Prosimians do not include what?
the tarsiers
anthropoids
primates other than the prosimians and tarsiers. Include the old world and new world monkeys
a lemur is a_____
prosimian
chimpanzees, gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, and ancestors of man. Larger than monkeys and lack tails
Hominoids (apes)
Proto-primate
Purgatorius
Oldest known true primate
Teilhardina
earliest known anthropoid
Eosimias
found in Myanmar. Early anthropoid
Ganlea
Early anthropoid. Lived in trees, opposable thumbs, brain the size of a cat’s
Aegyptopithecus
First ape
Proconsul
Series of early apes that eventually gave rise to modern apes and the ancestor of man
Dryopithecines
earliest known hominin
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Had large brow ridges but flat face and hominin-like teeth.
Sahelanthropus tchandensis
first known hominin in our line
ardipithecus
what was lucy?
Gracile australopithecine
roamed open savannas because forests had disappeared
australopithecine
same ecological niche as baboons today
australopithecine
Possibly some tool use
australopithecine
brain volume went up. Larger cranium, flatter face.
Homo habilis
used tools
Homo habilis
sharp sexual dimorphism
Homo habilis
“work man”
Homo ergaster
Gave rise to modern man
Homo ergaster
Brain size equal to a 4 year old
Homo ergaster
Used fire
Homo ergaster
dispersed across Asia to Europe
Homo erectus
“the hobbit”
Homo floreiensis
eretus offshoot
Homo floreinensis
Stayed in Africa
Homo ergaster
Wore clothes, built huts, and had rituals
Homo ergaster
canibals
Homo antecessor
what did Homo antecessor come from
Homo ergaster
good hunters
Homo heidelbergensis
direct ancestor of Neandertal man
Homo heidelbergensis
brother of modern man
Homo neanderthalensis
had a larger brain than modern man
Homo neanderthalensis
short and very powerful limbs
Homo neaderthalensis
Sister of neandetals of Russia
Denisovans
Homo sapiens came from…..
Homo heidelbergensis